A review of agricultural extension roles in climate change adaptation and mitigation among farmers in Nigeria
This review aims to provide an overview of agricultural extension roles in climate change adaptation and mitigation. It deals with farmers' access to extension services, roles of extension services, climate change-related training needs of extension personnel, the influence of extension contact...
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| author | Izuogu Chibuzo Uzoma Oparaojiaku Joy Obiageli Njoku Loveday Chukwudi Ankrah Daniel Adu Godwin Ominikari Abraham Nwabuisi Chibudo Joshua |
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| description | This review aims to provide an overview of agricultural extension roles in climate change adaptation and mitigation. It deals with farmers' access to extension services, roles of extension services, climate change-related training needs of extension personnel, the influence of extension contact on adopting climate change adaptation strategies, and constraints experienced by agricultural extension from existing empirical studies. Preferred Reporting Items for Systematic Reviews and Meta-Analyses was used to retrieve and analyse 78 studies. The majority (89.6%) of the studies have shown that farmers do not have access to climate change-related extension services. Extension services focused more on the transfer of information (98.2%), provision of technical advice (48.3%), and support of indigenous adaptation and mitigation strategies (32.6%). The main training needs of extension personnel were skills in the utilization of information and communication technologies (76.5%) and assessment and utilization of climate change-related farming technologies (45.7%). Extension contacts had a positive influence on climate change adaptation (95.7%), while the extension faced the challenges of poor funding (86.8%), inadequate manpower (76.4%), and lack of capacity (67.7%). The study concluded that agricultural extension plays an active role in climate change adaptation and mitigation and recommended more funding and capacity development should be provided for extension personnel. More studies are needed to identify the extent of the positive outcome of extension contact on climate change management among farmers. |
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| spelling | doaj-art-3bb1786166bf4c3db0008dbe2b742b4c2025-08-20T03:28:58ZengUniversity of Banja Luka - Faculty of Agriculture, Banja LukaAgroznanje2233-00702025-01-0126210712710.7251/AGREN2502107I2233-00702502107IA review of agricultural extension roles in climate change adaptation and mitigation among farmers in NigeriaIzuogu Chibuzo Uzoma0https://orcid.org/0000-0002-4792-5081Oparaojiaku Joy Obiageli1https://orcid.org/0009-0006-5617-2364Njoku Loveday Chukwudi2https://orcid.org/0000-0003-1205-8720Ankrah Daniel Adu3https://orcid.org/0000-0001-9360-0854Godwin Ominikari Abraham4Nwabuisi Chibudo Joshua5https://orcid.org/0009-0000-6145-7504Alex Ekwueme Federal University, Department of Agricultural Extension and Rural Development, Ndufu Alike, Abakiliki, Ebonyi State, NigeriaUniversity of Agriculture and Environmental Sciences, Department of Agricultural Extension, Umuagwo, Imo State, NigeriaAlex Ekwueme Federal University, Department of Agricultural Extension and Rural Development, Ndufu Alike, Abakiliki, Ebonyi State, NigeriaUniversity of Ghana, Department of Agricultural Extension, Legon, Accra GhanaNiger Delta University, Department of Agricultural Economics and Extension, Wilberforce Island, Bayelsa State, NigeriaWestern University, London, Ontario, CanadaThis review aims to provide an overview of agricultural extension roles in climate change adaptation and mitigation. It deals with farmers' access to extension services, roles of extension services, climate change-related training needs of extension personnel, the influence of extension contact on adopting climate change adaptation strategies, and constraints experienced by agricultural extension from existing empirical studies. Preferred Reporting Items for Systematic Reviews and Meta-Analyses was used to retrieve and analyse 78 studies. The majority (89.6%) of the studies have shown that farmers do not have access to climate change-related extension services. Extension services focused more on the transfer of information (98.2%), provision of technical advice (48.3%), and support of indigenous adaptation and mitigation strategies (32.6%). The main training needs of extension personnel were skills in the utilization of information and communication technologies (76.5%) and assessment and utilization of climate change-related farming technologies (45.7%). Extension contacts had a positive influence on climate change adaptation (95.7%), while the extension faced the challenges of poor funding (86.8%), inadequate manpower (76.4%), and lack of capacity (67.7%). The study concluded that agricultural extension plays an active role in climate change adaptation and mitigation and recommended more funding and capacity development should be provided for extension personnel. More studies are needed to identify the extent of the positive outcome of extension contact on climate change management among farmers.https://scindeks-clanci.ceon.rs/data/pdf/2233-0070/2025/2233-00702502107I.pdfaccess to climate change informationclimate change training needscapacity developmentindigenous adaptation strategies |
| spellingShingle | Izuogu Chibuzo Uzoma Oparaojiaku Joy Obiageli Njoku Loveday Chukwudi Ankrah Daniel Adu Godwin Ominikari Abraham Nwabuisi Chibudo Joshua A review of agricultural extension roles in climate change adaptation and mitigation among farmers in Nigeria Agroznanje access to climate change information climate change training needs capacity development indigenous adaptation strategies |
| title | A review of agricultural extension roles in climate change adaptation and mitigation among farmers in Nigeria |
| title_full | A review of agricultural extension roles in climate change adaptation and mitigation among farmers in Nigeria |
| title_fullStr | A review of agricultural extension roles in climate change adaptation and mitigation among farmers in Nigeria |
| title_full_unstemmed | A review of agricultural extension roles in climate change adaptation and mitigation among farmers in Nigeria |
| title_short | A review of agricultural extension roles in climate change adaptation and mitigation among farmers in Nigeria |
| title_sort | review of agricultural extension roles in climate change adaptation and mitigation among farmers in nigeria |
| topic | access to climate change information climate change training needs capacity development indigenous adaptation strategies |
| url | https://scindeks-clanci.ceon.rs/data/pdf/2233-0070/2025/2233-00702502107I.pdf |
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