1. Climate change adaptation actions by fish farmers: evidence from the Niger Delta Region of Nigeria
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Mark Umunna Amadi, Christiana Ogonna Igberi, Christian Uwadoka, Robert Ugochukwu Onyeneke, Jane Munonye, Emmanuel Emeka Osuji, Stanley C. Iheanacho, Jonathan Ogbeni Aligbe, and Felix Abinotam Iruo
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Niger delta ,Economics and Econometrics ,Climate risk ,Fish farming ,Instrumental variable ,food and beverages ,Adaptation strategies ,Agricultural and Biological Sciences (miscellaneous) ,Profit (economics) ,respiratory tract diseases ,Multivariate probit model ,Geography ,immune system diseases ,Climate change adaptation ,Socioeconomics - Abstract
This paper examined climate change adaptation strategies in fish farming and the effect of such methods on the profit of fish farmers in the Niger Delta region of Nigeria, Africa’s most populous country. Using cross‐sectional data obtained from 420 fish farmers from the region and applying multivariate probit and instrumental variable regressions, the study found that fish farmers have adopted a broad range of strategies to address climate risk and that these have significantly increased farmers’ profit. Our findings indicated important relationships between certain farm, socio‐economic and institutional characteristics and the adaptation actions. The study provides useful insight into factors that potentially encourage the adoption of livelihood‐enhancing climate risk adaptation strategies by fish farmers in the Niger Delta region and similar contexts.
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- 2020
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