Climate change adaptation actions by fish farmers: evidence from the Niger Delta Region of Nigeria

Robert Ugochukwu Onyeneke and Christiana Ogonna Igberi

Australian Journal of Agricultural and Resource Economics, 2020, vol. 64, issue 2

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.

Keywords: Environmental Economics and Policy; Livestock Production/Industries (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Date: 2020
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DOI: 10.22004/ag.econ.338481

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