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Capacity Building for Climate Change Adaptation: Modules for Agricultural Extension Curriculum Development

Year: 2013

Type: article

Abstract: Basically, climate change refers to any change in climate overtime, generally caused by natural variability and/or human activities.It has great devastating impact, particularly on agriculture and by extrapolation on farmers and the national economy.The frontline agricultural extension workers are expected to be among the principal stakeholders to teach farmers how to cope with climate change.Consequently, there is a need to develop appropriate teaching package for the training of the frontline agricultural extension workers, based on the myriad of adaptation strategies and practices available in the literature.This paper synthesizes the rationale for capacity building in climate change and the adaptation or coping strategies.The modules (train-the-trainer) for teaching agricultural extension workers and farmers are documented in the paper.

Source: Russian Journal of Agricultural and Socio-Economic Sciences

DOI: 10.18551/rjoas.2013-02.07

Authors: B.O. Ogunbameru, S.B. Mustapha, Y.L. Idrisa

Institution: University of Maiduguri

Language: English

Topic: Climate change impacts on agriculture

Subfield: Agronomy and Crop Science

Field: Agricultural and Biological Sciences

Domain: Life Sciences

SDGs: Climate action, Zero hunger, Quality education

Open Access status: gold

Estimated APC paid: $28