Ifeanyi-obi, Chinwoke Clara
Country (Nationality)
Nigeria
Grantee Title
Area of research: Climate change and rural and community development.
Grantee Description
Host institution: University of Ibadan, Nigeria
Area of research: Climate change and rural and community development.
Research focus: The research focuses on identifying the constrains faced by cocoyam farmers in adapting to climate change with a view to advocate effective policies and practices that will alleviate the menace of climate change on cocoyam production. It will describe the socio-economic characteristics of the Cocoyam farmers, identify their level of awareness, information source and adaptation measures to climate change. All these are geared towards resuscitating the production of cocoyam which is almost going into extinction in Nigeria.