Climate Change Adaptation Options in Farming Communities of Selected Nigerian Ecological Zones
| Autor: | Godwin Atai, Adeola A. Oladimeji, Ayansina Ayanlade, Damilola Taiye Agbalajobi, Isaac Ayo Oluwatimilehin |
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| Rok vydání: | 2021 |
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Adaptive capacity
010504 meteorology & atmospheric sciences Tropical agriculture Ecology business.industry Yield (finance) Crop yield Climate change 010501 environmental sciences 01 natural sciences Geography Agriculture Survey data collection Precipitation business 0105 earth and related environmental sciences |
| Zdroj: | African Handbook of Climate Change Adaptation ISBN: 9783030451059 African Handbook of Climate Change Adaptation ISBN: 9783030420918 African Handbook of Climate Change Adaptation |
| DOI: | 10.1007/978-3-030-45106-6_156 |
| Popis: | This chapter examines the impacts of climate change on three tropical crops and assesses the climate change adaptation options adopted by rural farmers in the region. The study was conducted among farming communities settled in three major ecological zones in Nigeria. Over 37 years of data on rainfall and temperature were analyzed to examine climate change impacts on three major crops: rice, maize, and cassava. Farmers’ adaptive capacity was assessed with a survey. Climatic data, crop yields, and survey data were analyzed using both descriptive and inferential statistics. The relation between rainfall/temperature and crop yields was examined using the Pearson correlation coefficient. Results show a high variation in the annual rainfall and temperature during the study period. The major findings from this research is that crops in different ecological zones respond differently to climate variation. The result revealed that there is a very strong relationship between precipitation and the yield of rice and cassava at p |
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