Climate Variability and Urban Agricultural Activities in Ibadan, Nigeria

Two terms that are enjoying increasing overwhelming global literature advocacy and discussion are urban farming and climate change. While there is increasing advocacy towards the relevance of urban agriculture for urban dwellers and how it translates into a mitigation strategy against climate change variability and adaptation to urban poverty, the effect of some urban farming activities and how it serves as a driver to climate change needs to be investigated. In most of the urban periphery where there is availability of a large expanse of land areas, farming activities are usually practised in form of settlement farm, livestock rearing, or plantation agriculture. The study based on quantitative and qualitative data from urban farmers in Ibadan argues that the location of urban farmlands is dependent on climatic factor such as access to land. The study identified that climate variability as reported by the urban farmers has resulted in the increased use of fertilizer for farming by urban farmers, and the main activity that is pro-climate change and variability is bush burning.

Inclusive Resettlement? Integration Pathways of Resettled Refugees With Disabilities in Germany and Canada

The purpose of this article is to explore the existing intersectional knowledge on integration and resettlement of refugees with disabilities in two of the top five resettlement countries in the world, Germany and Canada. There is limited research on the intersection of migration and disability, especially in the context of refugee resettlement. Reflecting the dominant pathways of migration in each country, what little research there is focuses on asylum seekers in Germany, and immigrants in Canada. The review describes settlement programs in each country. We draw from the global literature around forced migration and disability, as well as disability and migration more broadly in each country, to enhance the limited existing research and conduct an intersectional analysis at the level of systems, discourses and subjective narratives. Findings highlight three dominant themes that weave across all three levels: being a “burden” on society, being invisible, and agency and resistance. Finally, drawing from the theoretical stance of Disability Studies, critical, and holistic integration theories we discuss how this intersectional analysis highlights the importance of reshaping the policies, discourse and definition of integration, and the consequences this can have on research, service delivery, and evaluation of integration and resettlement.

Retirement and Suicidal Behaviours: A Review of the International Literature

This scoping review maps published literature on retirement patterns and the effect retirement has on individuals. Recommendations are provided for future research, including changes to retirement policies, to decrease the prevalence of suicidal behaviours for older adults. A literature search (2014 - 2020) was conducted in Medline, PubMed, Cinahl and Scopus, using the terms retirement, transition, redundancy, and pathways. A rapid review of global literature was undertaken, identifying 204 articles, with 27 papers chosen for full review. Search terms included retirement, transition, redundancy and pathways to retirement. Themes arising from the data were experience of retirement, planning, health (physical and psychological), and levels of social participation. This review provides information for policy makers, health workers and employers to assist individuals with retirement, emphasising the need to maintain competency in a complex set of skills to improve health literacy and decrease psychological stress/ suicidal behaviours in older adults.