With the adverse effects of climate change becoming more prominent, more effective strategies for reducing the increase in atmospheric CO2 levels are required for mitigating further climate change. Increasing use of renewable energy by farmers motivated to practice agroforestry is one natural solution for reducing those climate change impacts. Unfortunately, climate change mitigation through agroforestry has been inhibited by a lack of scientific validation. In this paper, we ascertain factors that motivate African cocoa farmers to use agroforestry practices for enhancing food production as well as for mitigating climate change. We analyzed data collected from 120 farmers from the Oyo state of Nigeria through descriptive and regression analysis statistical tools. We found that access to information (β = 0.23, t = 2.18) and extension service (β = 0.23, t = 2.27) was associated with greater willingness of farmers to participate in agroforestry whereas negative attitudes (β = −0.29, t = −3.21) were associated with a lower involvement of cocoa farmers in agroforestry practices. We conclude that effective climate change mitigation programs need to do more to motivate farmers to adopt agroforestry practices by increasing their understanding of the benefits to be derived from carbon markets and by providing them with the necessary tools for employing these practices for climate change mitigation and more sustainable food production.

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激励可可种植者采用农林业实践来缓解气候变化

随着气候变化的不利影响日益突出，减少大气CO增加的更有效策略2需要进一步减缓气候变化。鼓励从事农林业的农民增加可再生能源的使用是减少这些气候变化影响的一种自然解决方案。不幸的是，由于缺乏科学验证，通过农林业减缓气候变化受到了阻碍。在本文中，我们确定了促使非洲可可种植者使用农林业实践来提高粮食产量和缓解气候变化的因素。我们通过描述性和回归分析统计工具分析了从尼日利亚奥约州的 120 名农民收集的数据。我们发现获取信息 (β = 0.23,吨= 2.18) 和扩展服务 (β = 0.23,吨= 2.27）与农民更愿意参与农林业相关，而消极态度（β = -0.29，吨= -3.21）与可可农参与农林业实践的程度较低有关。我们的结论是，有效的气候变化缓解计划需要做更多的工作来激励农民采用农林业实践，方法是增加他们对碳市场带来的好处的理解，并为他们提供必要的工具来使用这些实践来缓解气候变化等等可持续的粮食生产。