Farmers perspectives on climate change in northern region of Nigeria

Climate distribution of Nigeria comprehend several vegetation belt as you move northward from the coast, northern region of Nigeria were predominantly agrarian by occupation due to their geographical location having two distinct seasons of wet and dry season. Recently there has been a global debate...

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Main Authors: AdamuNdawayo, Buba, Shamsudin, Mad Nasir, Radam, Alias, Abdullah, Ahmad Makmom
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: International Organization of Scientific Research 2017
Online Access:http://psasir.upm.edu.my/id/eprint/61869/
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author AdamuNdawayo, Buba
Shamsudin, Mad Nasir
Radam, Alias
Abdullah, Ahmad Makmom
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description Climate distribution of Nigeria comprehend several vegetation belt as you move northward from the coast, northern region of Nigeria were predominantly agrarian by occupation due to their geographical location having two distinct seasons of wet and dry season. Recently there has been a global debate on climate change and its possible consequences around the world, the effects may varied based on the adaptive capacity of every region on earth, but most studies indicate the possible consequences effect on crop production particularly in sub Saharan Africa which Nigeria is included. This study was conducted to understand the level of farmers’ awareness towards climate change in the region of northern Nigeria and how they perceived climate change would affect their occupation.
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spelling upm-618692019-02-25T01:46:11Z http://psasir.upm.edu.my/id/eprint/61869/ Farmers perspectives on climate change in northern region of Nigeria AdamuNdawayo, Buba Shamsudin, Mad Nasir Radam, Alias Abdullah, Ahmad Makmom Climate distribution of Nigeria comprehend several vegetation belt as you move northward from the coast, northern region of Nigeria were predominantly agrarian by occupation due to their geographical location having two distinct seasons of wet and dry season. Recently there has been a global debate on climate change and its possible consequences around the world, the effects may varied based on the adaptive capacity of every region on earth, but most studies indicate the possible consequences effect on crop production particularly in sub Saharan Africa which Nigeria is included. This study was conducted to understand the level of farmers’ awareness towards climate change in the region of northern Nigeria and how they perceived climate change would affect their occupation. International Organization of Scientific Research 2017 Article PeerReviewed text en http://psasir.upm.edu.my/id/eprint/61869/1/Farmers%20perspectives%20on%20climate%20change%20in%20northern%20region%20of%20Nigeria.pdf AdamuNdawayo, Buba and Shamsudin, Mad Nasir and Radam, Alias and Abdullah, Ahmad Makmom (2017) Farmers perspectives on climate change in northern region of Nigeria. IOSR Journal of Environmental Science, Toxicology and Food Technology, 11 (3 ver. 2). 58 - 61. ISSN 2319-2399; ESSN: 2319-2402 http://www.iosrjournals.org/iosr-jestft/pages/11(3)Version-2.html 10.9790/2402-1103025861
spellingShingle AdamuNdawayo, Buba
Shamsudin, Mad Nasir
Radam, Alias
Abdullah, Ahmad Makmom
Farmers perspectives on climate change in northern region of Nigeria
title Farmers perspectives on climate change in northern region of Nigeria
title_full Farmers perspectives on climate change in northern region of Nigeria
title_fullStr Farmers perspectives on climate change in northern region of Nigeria
title_full_unstemmed Farmers perspectives on climate change in northern region of Nigeria
title_short Farmers perspectives on climate change in northern region of Nigeria
title_sort farmers perspectives on climate change in northern region of nigeria
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