Assessing climate change mitigation and adaptation strategies and agricultural innovation systems in the Niger Delta
Summary. This study evaluates climate change adaptation and mitigation strategies for agriculture in Nigeria's Niger Delta region by analyzing 129 previous studies and surveying 282 extension agents. The researchers developed a method to assess how innovative these strategies are for building sustainable agricultural innovation systems. They found that many recommended strategies face adoption barriers and don't effectively support regional agricultural innovation systems. The work explains why farmers reject most climate strategies and proposes a new scoring approach for agricultural innovations.
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Ikehi, M. E., Ifeanyieze, F. O., Onu, F. M., Ejiofor, T. E., & Nwankwo, C. U.. (2022). Assessing climate change mitigation and adaptation strategies and agricultural innovation systems in the Niger Delta. GeoJournal. https://doi.org/10.1007/s10708-022-10596-6
Ikehi, Michael E., et al. “Assessing climate change mitigation and adaptation strategies and agricultural innovation systems in the Niger Delta.” GeoJournal, 2022. https://doi.org/10.1007/s10708-022-10596-6.
Ikehi, Michael E., Florence O. Ifeanyieze, Francis Madueke Onu, Toochukwu Eleazar Ejiofor, and Clara U. Nwankwo. 2022. “Assessing climate change mitigation and adaptation strategies and agricultural innovation systems in the Niger Delta.” GeoJournal. https://doi.org/10.1007/s10708-022-10596-6.
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title = {Assessing climate change mitigation and adaptation strategies and agricultural innovation systems in the Niger Delta},
author = {Michael E. Ikehi and Florence O. Ifeanyieze and Francis Madueke Onu and Toochukwu Eleazar Ejiofor and Clara U. Nwankwo},
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Details
- DOI
- 10.1007/s10708-022-10596-6
- Countries
- Nigeria
- Regions
- Africa
- Categories
- climate-and-environment, food-systems, regional-innovation-systems
- Added
- 2026-04-28