Comparing farmers’ perception of climate effect on cocoa yield with climate data in the Humid zone of Nigeria
Joseph O. Adejuwon, Kehinde E. Tewogbade, Olusegun Oguntoke, Gideon C. Ufoegbune · 2023
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Description
Adejuwon and co-authors published a research paper in 2023 comparing what Nigerian cocoa farmers believe about weather and yield with what the records say. Climate shapes cocoa heavily, but farmers' own perceptions had rarely been checked against data. The team interviewed 280 registered growers in Osun State and matched answers with twenty years of weather and yield records.
Weather did significantly affect yields in the record years analyzed. Most farmers judged low temperature, humidity, rainfall, sunshine, and wind as helping yields. Age, marital status, household size, and schooling shaped those perceptions measurably. The authors say aligning farmer beliefs with measured effects can guide management practices for cocoa zones with similar ecology.
Catalog record
| CREATOR | Joseph O. Adejuwon, Kehinde E. Tewogbade, Olusegun Oguntoke, Gideon C. Ufoegbune |
|---|---|
| YEAR | 2023 |
| COLLECTION | PAPERS |
| FORMAT | TXT |
| FILE SIZE | 43 KB |
| VERSION | 1.0 |
| LICENSE | CC BY 4.0 |
| RIGHTS | CC BY |
| SOURCE | Europe PMC |