The University of Guelph is home to a wide diversity of research on rural people, places, and environments. As a leader in rural research, this video series facilitates knowledge sharing across rural Ontario and beyond.

This video highlights recent research by Uduak Edet published in 2023 titled The Influence of Information Disorder on Climate Change Adaptation Practices of Farmers in Lagos State, Nigeria. This research explores how misinformation spread through peer networks undermines smallholder farmers’ ability to adapt to climate change.

This rural research summary was created through the Connecting the Dots initiative. To learn more about the initiative and access other rural research summaries, please visit rural.uoguelph.ca.