This study examined gaps in climate information within public agricultural extension in Limpopo Province, South Africa. It assessed extension officers’ climate change perceptions, knowledge and climate education. Lastly, the study examined the extension approaches for overall suitability of climate information disseminated to rural smallholder farmers. The results indicated that participants were predominately male, with tertiary education. Education levels had an influence on exposure to climate education and extension approaches in disseminating agricultural information to farmers. There is a need to retool extension officers in climate change extension work, integrating indigenous knowledge to increase suitability and acceptability of information by smallholder farmers.

这项研究调查了南非林波波省公共农业扩展范围内气候信息方面的差距。它评估了推广人员对气候变化的看法，知识和气候教育。最后，研究考察了向农村小农户传播气候信息的总体适用性的扩展方法。结果表明，参加者主要是男性，受过高等教育。在向农民传播农业信息时，教育水平对接触气候教育和推广方法有影响。有必要在气候变化推广工作中重新安排推广人员，整合土著知识，以提高小农户对信息的适用性和可接受性。