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Determinants of Climate Change Awareness and the Incidence Across Farming Systems and Agroecological Zones in Sierra Leone

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  • Oladele Oladimeji Idowu

    (University of Kwa-Zulu Natal, South Africa)

  • Augustine Amara

    (Njala University, Sierra Leone)

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Farmers' awareness and the incidence of climate change are crucial inputs to effectively scale up interventions to mitigate the effects of climate change. This is because incidence leads to awareness due to observation of occurrences. The purpose of this paper is to examine the determinants of climate change awareness and incidence across farming systems and agroecological zones in Sierra Leone. An ex-post-facto research design was applied, while a multistage sampling procedure was used to select 865 smallholder farmers across agroecological zones and farming systems. Data were collected with a structured questionnaire subjected to face validity and split-half reliability tests. This data analyzed frequency counts, percentages, multiple regression, and principal component analysis. The results show that farmers in the coastal plain, savannah woodland, and transitional rainforest had greater awareness and incidence of climate change across the crop, livestock, and fishery farming systems. The significant determinants of awareness and incidence of climate change among farmers are the adoption of crop smart practices (t = 4.192; p

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  • Oladele Oladimeji Idowu & Augustine Amara, 2024. "Determinants of Climate Change Awareness and the Incidence Across Farming Systems and Agroecological Zones in Sierra Leone," Journal of Agribusiness and Rural Development, Sciendo, vol. 72(2), pages 181-198.
    • Handle: RePEc:vrs:pojard:v:72:y:2024:i:2:p:181-198:n:1009
    DOI: 10.17306/j.jard.2024.01809
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