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Climate Change Adaptation An Examination of the Effectiveness of Indigenous Knowledge Systems among Rural Farmers in Akpanya Community, Kogi State, Nigeria

Climate Change Adaptation: An Examination of the Effectiveness of Indigenous Knowledge Systems among Rural Farmers in Akpanya Community, Kogi State, Nigeria

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Adamawa State University Journal of Scientific Research (ADSUJSR) Volume 12 Issue 2, 2024 Author: Audu Liberty Oseni Abstract Our disregard for the Indigenous Knowledge Systems (IKS) contributes largely to the failure of state and non-state actors’ intervention targeting climate change adaptation among rural farmers. In a study population of an estimated 19,800 predominantly rural farmers …

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Effective Communication for Climate Change Mitigation and Adaptation: A Study of FCT-Abuja Rural Farmers in Nigeria

Effective Communication for Climate Change Mitigation and Adaptation: A Study of FCT-Abuja Rural Farmers in Nigeria

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The Journal of Development Communication Vol. 35 No. 2  December 2024 Author: Audu Liberty Oseni  Abstract Effective communication that will enable rural farmers in the Federal Capital Territory Abuja (FCT-Abuja) to adequately understand climate change issues has continued to be a major barrier in mobilizing them for mitigation and adaptation practices. In a study population of …

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Climate Change is fake, don’t tell us about it

Climate Change is fake, don’t tell us about it

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Although there has been a huge conversation and investments made in climate change at the global, national, and local levels, rural women in Federal Capital Territory (FCT) the Nigerian capital, do not believe climate change is real and consider it as fake. For many of them, climate change discussion is nothing but connivance with the …

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Examining the Effectiveness of Indigenous Language in Climate Change Communication in Communities of Federal Capital Territory, Abuja, Nigeria

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Adamawa State University Journal of Scientific Research, Issue 1, 2024 Volume 12 AUTHOR: Audu Liberty Oseni Abstract Effective communication that will enable the people particularly the rural dwellers to better understand Climate Change issues, continues to be a challenge confronting mitigation and adaptation action. In a sample representation of estimated 141,116 populations in the Jiwa …

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Examining the Impact of Climate Change on FCT-Abuja Farmers

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Nigerian Journal of Policy and Strategy, Volume 21, No. 1, 2024 ©National Institute, Kuru (ISSN – 0189 5923) AUTHOR: Audu Liberty Oseni Abstract Since Climate Change became a global challenge, farmers appear to be the worst hit with its consequences impacting food and agriculture. In a sample representation from populations in six communities of Federal …

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Nigeria's Non-Compliance With Disclosure a Challenge to Extractive Transparency 

Nigeria’s Non-Compliance With Disclosure a Challenge to Extractive Transparency 

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The Nigerian state’s non-compliance with disclosure continues to be a challenge confronting its extractive industry transparency. Nowhere does non-compliance happen like the Nigerian National Petroleum Corporation (NNPC), saddled with the responsibility of managing and harnessing Nigeria’s oil and gas. The non-disclosure by the NPPC in the way it carries out activities in the extractive sector …

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We are yet to effectively communicate climate chage

We are yet to effectively communicate climate change

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In 2015, the Comity of Nations put in place the Paris Agreement, a legally binding international treaty on climate change. The agreement is considered a landmark effort in addressing Climate Change, it is a binding agreement that brings together nations for a collective cause to embark on determining work to fight climate change and adapt …

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Climate Change Education Must Adopt Dialogue & Negotiation 

Climate Change Education Must Adopt Dialogue & Negotiation 

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Our approach to communicating Climate Change has to adopt dialogue and negotiation, and not only focus on campaign and advocacy. This will facilitate trust-building, empowerment, efficiency, accountability, and sustainability among community members. It will further allow for effective participation that will create room for both development agents and communities to learn, re-learn, and have an …

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How Climate Change Impacts Students in Sokoto

How Climate Change Impacts Students in Sokoto

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Students of Usmanu Danfodiyo University, Sokoto, North-west Nigeria in different accounts, narrated how hot weather conditions triggered by climate change are impacting them. Some of the students link their poor academic performance to hot weather, which they say makes it difficult for them to attend classes and learn in a conducive environment. Jibrin Mutar, a …

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Poor Participation, Reason Climate Change Interventions Fail 

Poor Participatory Communication, Reason Climate Change Interventions Fail

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Over the years, practitioners who design Climate Change interventions, have continued to adopt approaches that allow community and strategic stakeholders participation to be only an avenue to extract information, rather than allowing for effective participation.   They often follow Rapid Rural Appraisal and Participatory Rural Appraisal approaches which have since been replaced by Participatory Learning and …

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