@article{Liverpool-Tasie:279861,
      recid = {279861},
      author = {Liverpool-Tasie, Lenis Saweda O.  and Sanou, Awa  and  Tambo, Justice A. },
      title = {Climate Change Adaptation Among Poultry Farmers: Evidence  from Nigeria},
      address = {2018-10-30},
      number = {1879-2018-7729},
      series = {Feed the Future Innovation Lab for Food Security Policy  Research Paper 117},
      month = {Oct},
      year = {2018},
      abstract = {Most climate change adaptation studies in agriculture  focus on staple food crops. Few studies have examined  livestock farmers in Africa and even fewer have considered  small animals such as poultry. Heat stress associated with  climate change is a challenge to poultry farmers due to its  negative effect on chicken growth and productivity. As the  poultry subsector across Africa expands to meet changing  consumption patterns, understanding how farmers deal with  the realities of poultry production due to climate change  is critical. This study explores the level and determinants  of the adoption of climate change adaptation strategies  among poultry farmers in Nigeria. A multivariate probit  analysis reveals that poultry farmers practice climate  change adaptation strategies with a clear heterogeneity of  strategies at different production scales. Small farms tend  to invest in traditional strategies such as the stocking of  local breeds while medium and large farms adopt modern  technologies such as air and water ventilation and the use  of bulbs that emit less heat. Our study finds that farmers  who have experienced heat related losses are more likely to  adopt modern practices and more likely to adopt multiple  adaptation strategies at a time.},
      url = {http://ageconsearch.umn.edu/record/279861},
      doi = {https://doi.org/10.22004/ag.econ.279861},
}