Local studies provide a global perspective of the impacts of climate change on Indigenous Peoples and local communities by Victoria Reyes-García, David García-Del-Amo, Anna Porcuna-Ferrer, Anna Schlingmann, Mariam Abazeri, Emmanuel M. N. A. N. Attoh, Julia Vieira da Cunha Ávila, Ayansina Ayanlade, Daniel Babai, Petra Benyei, Laura Calvet-Mir, Rosario Carmona, Julián Caviedes, Jane Chah, Rumbidzayi Chakauya, Aida Cuní-Sanchez, Álvaro Fernández-Llamazares, Eranga K. Galappaththi, Drew Gerkey, Sonia Graham, Théo Guillerminet, Tomás Huanca, José Tomás Ibarra, André B. Junqueira, Xiaoyue Li, Yolanda López-Maldonado, Giulia Mattalia, Aibek Samakov, Christoph Schunko, Reinmar Seidler, Victoria Sharakhmatova, Priyatma Singh, Adrien Tofighi-Niaki, Miquel Torrents-Ticó, LICCI Consortium

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Agricultural community-based impact assessment and farmers’ perception of climate change in selected Ecological Zones in Nigeria by Isaac Ayo Oluwatimilehin, Ayansina Ayanlade

“…Nearly 70% claimed that lack of financial capital is the major barrier to climate change adaptation. Conclusions The study concludes that rainfall and temperature variability have significantly impacted cropping and that farmers are aware of long-term changes in temperature and rainfall, but some are unable to identify those changes as climate change. …”
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Climate change impacts on staple crops: Assessment of smallholder farmers’ adaptation methods and barriers by Isaac Ayo Oluwatimilehin, Ayansina Ayanlade

“…The results also showed low practice of adaptation among rural farmers and the major barrier hindering the practice of adaptation is lack of capital, including financial, physical, and human capital, which was responsible for 70% of the hurdles to climate change adaptation measures implementation. The key findings here are that the cropping system has been impacted by climate change and that the adaptive capacity of rural farmers in the study area is generally low. …”
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Climate change risk, resilience, and adaptation among rural farmers in East Africa: A literature review by Tobias Ackerl, Lemlem Fitwi Weldemariam, Mary Nyasimi, Ayansina Ayanlade

“…Also, this review summarizes the determinants of climate change adaptation strategy selection by farmers in East Africa, including age, gender, household size, economic status and household assets, landownership and livestock, education and training, etc. …”
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Extreme climate events in sub-Saharan Africa: A call for improving agricultural technology transfer to enhance adaptive capacity by Ayansina Ayanlade, Abimbola Oluwaranti, Oluwatoyin S. Ayanlade, Marion Borderon, Harald Sterly, Patrick Sakdapolrak, Margaret O. Jegede, Lemlem F. Weldemariam, Adefunke F.O. Ayinde

“…The study examined the recent extreme climate events that occurred in Sub-Saharan Africa (SSA), the climate change adaptation options mentioned in the literature, and the need for international technological transfer in SSA. 181 peer-reviewed publications were evaluated on the following topics: 1) the impacts of climate extremes in SSA; 2) the adaptation options discussed in the literature for the region; 3) the analysis of the needs and the gaps of the international technology transfer in SSA, and 4) the various impact areas of the technology transfer on the adaptive capacity in SSA. …”
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Complex climate change risk and emerging directions for vulnerability research in Africa by Ayansina Ayanlade, Thomas A. Smucker, Mary Nyasimi, Harald Sterly, Lemlem F. Weldemariam, Nicholas P. Simpson

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