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Translating Climate Risk into Extension Management Education for Peanut Producers
Godfrey Ejimakor and Omowunmi Odeyomi
Summary
Increasing heat and drought variability pose growing production and financial risks for peanut producers in the Southern United States. While climate research has identified yield losses associated with extreme weather, producers and Extension educators often lack practical tools to translate this information into risk management decisions. This project presents an emerging Extension risk management education framework that converts climate-risk evidence into actionable decision-support tools for peanut producers.
The framework identifies temperature and drought risk thresholds associated with elevated yield losses and demonstrates how these thresholds can inform irrigation timing, crop insurance decisions, and climate preparedness planning. Educational materials including workshop modules, producer fact sheets, and visual decision guides are designed to support Extension educators in communicating when climate risks are most severe and which management strategies can reduce exposure to production and financial risk.
This session focuses on the design, content, and delivery of the education framework, highlighting how climate-informed Extension programming can strengthen producer decision-making under increasing weather uncertainty. The approach is adaptable across crops and regions and provides a scalable model for Extension professionals seeking to integrate climate risk information into risk management education programming.
Details
| Conference | 2026 Extension Risk Management Education National Conference |
| Presentation Type | Poster |