Professor Adebayo Shittu of the Department of Agricultural Economics and Farm Management, College of Agricultural Management and Rural Development of the Federal University of Agriculture, Abeokuta, Ogun State, has won an international grant to the tune of 118,956 Euros from the Economic Community of West African States.
Prof. Shittu stated that a proposal entitled, “Incentivising Adoption of Climatic Smart Practices in Cereals Production in Nigeria: Sociocultural and Economic Diagnosis”, was prepared by his team to apply for the funding in collaboration with the National Cereals Research Institute, Badeggi, Niger State, following the call for a proposal on “Innovative Projects for Food and Nutrition Security in West Africa”, courtesy of the Regional Agency for Agriculture and Food, Support Programme for Food and Nutrition Security in West Africa, with funding assistance from the French Development Agency.
Shittu noted that the nation-wide study sought to evaluate the socioeconomic impacts of adopting Climate Smart Practices in maize and rice production, adding that it was also to identify appropriate mechanisms by which wide-spread adoption of CSPs might be incentivised to stop or reverse land degradation, evaluate the restoration of ecosystem health, enhance livelihood outcomes and build resilience to climate change using the examples of rice and maize farmers in Nigeria.
The duration of the project is one year and would end in October 2017.
The professor of Agricultural and Resource Economics listed members of his research team to include Prof. Oluwakemi Fapojuwo, Department of Agricultural Administration; Dr. Bolarinwa Senjobi, Department of Soil Science and Land Management; Dr. Thomas Fabunmi, Department of Plant Physiology and Crop Production; Dr. Dare Akerele and Dr. Rahman Sanusi of the Department of Agricultural Extension and Farm Management, among others.
