scholarly journals Changing Pattern of Rainfall Amount and Raindays in Samaru, Northern Nigeria and Their Implications on Crop Production

2020 ◽  
Vol 8 (4) ◽  
pp. 134-141
Author(s):  
Lawal. A. ◽  
A. M. Yamusa
Keyword(s):  
Crop Production ◽  
Rainfall Amount ◽  
Northern Nigeria

PROFITABILITY OF CROP PRODUCTION UNDER THE KANO RIVER IRRIGATION PROJECT, NORTHERN, NIGERIA

2016 ◽  
Vol 6 (2) ◽  
pp. 963-972
Author(s):  
Abdullahi Abbas Yakubu ◽  
K.M. Baba ◽  
I. Mohammed
Keyword(s):  
Crop Production ◽  
Farm Income ◽  
Government Agencies ◽  
Northern Nigeria ◽  
Irrigation Project ◽  
Storage Facilities

Four major crops rice, maize, wheat and tomato were examined in the Kano River Irrigation Project. The project was divided into 3 sections; the head, middle and tail ends. One hundred farmers were randomly selected from each sections making a total of 300 hundred farmers. Net farm income, and profitability index were used to assess the profitability of the enterprises. It was concluded Rice, maize, and wheat were profitable while tomato was unprofitable that year attributable to market glut and perishability of the crop. It was recommended that storage facilities be provided by both private and government agencies to curtail the losses incurred by the farmers.

Improving food crop production in the Sudan Savanna zone of Northern Nigeria

1976 ◽  
Vol 8 (6) ◽  
pp. 341-347 ◽  
Author(s):  
A H Kassam ◽  
M Dagg ◽  
J M Kowal ◽  
F H Khadr
Keyword(s):  
Crop Production ◽  
Food Crops ◽  
Northern Nigeria ◽  
Food Crop ◽  
Strong Function ◽  
Disaster Area ◽  
Crop Husbandry ◽  
Food Crop Production ◽  
Sudan Savanna ◽  
Savanna Zone

Poor rainfall in 1972 and 1973 led to much of the area in the Sudan Savanna zone of Nigeria being declared a disaster area due to the widespread failures of major food crops under indigenous practices. However, in the same circumstances, a group of farmers using improved seed, fertilizer and better methods, obtained yields which were satisfactory. Crop losses from “drought” are a strong function of the cultivars grown and of the level of crop husbandry.

The measurement of labour productivity: a case study.

1964 ◽  
Vol 12 (4) ◽  
pp. 281-290
Author(s):  
H.A. Luning
Keyword(s):  
Population Density ◽  
Crop Production ◽  
Labour Productivity ◽  
Growing Season ◽  
Northern Nigeria ◽  
High Population Density ◽  
Marginal Productivity ◽  
General Survey ◽  
Approach Zero

A case study is presented on labour productivity of 30 farmers living in a village in Northern Nigeria, a region with a relatively high population density of 500-600 persons per square mile. An adult male worker can provide the labour needs of about 4.5 acres of farm land during the growing season, but in this village only 1.5 acres per worker was available. An initial estimation of labour productivity, based on a general survey, led to the conclusion that marginal productivity approached zero. However, this conclusion appears to be erroneous, as a consequence of incorrect assessment of time spent on actual crop production by farmers. According to a detailed investigation on five farms, the number of man days per acre spent on crop production was remarkably uniform - about 19 man days per acre regardless of size of holding. This, in connection with other evidence, suggests that the marginal productivity of labour in this village is not zero and does not even approach zero. However, the availability of non-farm employment in the region may be of influence in this respect. R. V. H. (Abstract retrieved from CAB Abstracts by CABI’s permission)

scholarly journals THE EFFECTS OF CLIMATE CHANGE ON FOOD CROP PRODUCTION IN NORTHERN NIGERIA

2018 ◽  
Vol 6 (9) ◽  
pp. 458-469
Author(s):  
Toungos Mohammed Dahiru ◽  
Hassans Tanko
Keyword(s):  
Climate Change ◽  
Crop Production ◽  
Gum Arabic ◽  
Short Message ◽  
Northern Nigeria ◽  
High Poverty ◽  
Poverty Level ◽  
The People ◽  
Rainfed Farming ◽  
Food Crop Production

The Earth's temperature is rising as a result of increased atmospheric concentrations of greenhouse gases. As the Earth warms, currently wet regions are expected to receive more rainfall, and currently dry regions receive less. Nigeria and indeed Northern Nigeria is not an exception. Crop production is one of the most vulnerable systems and heavily affected by climate change in Nigeria and more particularly in the Northern part of the country where the presence and prevalence of drought is mostly felt. Crops are mostly flooded and are rendered less productive by flood, in addition to extensive dependence on rainfed farming coupled with high poverty level of the people of the region. Major crops cultivated in the region include groundnuts, beans, cotton, soybeans, sesame, cashew nuts, mango, cassava, yam, gum arabic,  maize (corn), melon, millet, , plantains, rice, sorghum, bananas, yams, pepper, coffee, carrots, sugarcane, soybeans, with major producing states of soybeans as Kaduna, Niger, Kebbi, Nasarawa, Kwara, Jigawa, Taraba, Borno, Benue, Bauchi, Sokoto, Plateau, Zamfara and Abuja FCT are now facing yield depreciation. Most of these crops are facing problems such as flower abortions, wrong flowering and fruiting time and generally low yields due to the effects of climate change. As rainfall becomes more variable, farmers no longer are able to rely on their knowledge of the seasonality of climatic variables. It is recommended that, series of awareness in terms of seminars, symposiums, farmers field days should be conducted to the farmers to enlighten them on the knowledge of modern techniques of crop production, such as the use of early maturating seeds, drought resistance varieties and more especially the use of irrigation in order to boost crop production in the region. Weather focused information should be made available to the farmers in the form of short message (SMS) in addition to informing them on weather both in print media.

scholarly journals Climate Change and Variability in Semiarid Palapye, Eastern Botswana: An Assessment from Smallholder Farmers’ Perspective

2017 ◽  
Vol 9 (3) ◽  
pp. 349-365 ◽  
Author(s):  
Felicia O. Akinyemi
Keyword(s):  
Climate Change ◽  
Local Knowledge ◽  
Crop Production ◽  
Smallholder Farmers ◽  
Standardized Precipitation Index ◽  
Climatic Conditions ◽  
Rainfall Amount ◽  
Severe Drought ◽  
Climate Data ◽  
Climate Change And Variability

Abstract Smallholder farmers are particularly vulnerable to the effects of climate change and variability in semiarid contexts. Despite the limited adaptation options often used and the largely subsistence agriculture practiced, studies have shown that smallholders have accumulated local knowledge about changes in climatic conditions. Farmers with field experience and an extensive stay in three sites in Palapye, eastern Botswana, were interviewed. This study related farmers’ perceptions of changes in climate with results from analysis of climate data. Major changes perceived are a reduction in rainfall amount, rising temperature, and increasing frequency of drought conditions. Perceived reduction in rainfall amount is confirmed by analysis results as variability in rainfall amount is high throughout the series. Rainfall was poorly distributed and below average at the beginning of the cropping seasons for four years between 2013 and 2017. For 1990, 2003, and 2012, the standardized precipitation index (SPI) was −1.77 (severe drought), −1.37 (moderate drought), and −2.32 (extreme drought), respectively. To minimize impacts on crop production, farmers simultaneously planted different crops based on the perception that climatic impacts on different crops vary and favored crops perceived as drought resistant. Livestock farmers supplemented with livestock feeds, reduced herd size, and moved livestock to areas with better forage. Off-farm incomes from selling products harvested from the wild are important to farmers as a coping strategy, particularly when rain fails. Some female farmers brewed and sold alcohol made locally from sorghum. That local knowledge and perceptions exist and are used by smallholder farmers to adapt to climate change and variability is suggested. Engaging with local knowledge systems is an imperative for climate change policy making.

scholarly journals DIETARY ADAPTATION OF SOUTHERN IN-MIGRANTS IN NORTHERN CITIES OF NIGERIA

1996 ◽  
Vol 8 (1) ◽  
Keyword(s):  
Dietary Patterns ◽  
Urban Population ◽  
Crop Production ◽  
Cultural Practices ◽  
Northern Nigeria ◽  
Ecological Zones ◽  
Dietary Adaptation ◽  
The North ◽  
Dietary Transition ◽  
Northern Cities

In Nigeria there exist a zonation of dietary patterns which mirror the ecological zones (biohydroclimatic conditions) and cultural practices in the CQWB-, try. However, dietary patterns of northern Nigeria cities are an exception to these general patterns. Empirical evidence suggests instead a remarkable dietary heterogeneity until now due to the access to native diets. Contemporary and growing problems of the Nigeria economy and their attendant social and transportation problems have posed problems for continued patronage of native diets by many in-migrants in northern cities. Consequently, more in-migrants are changing to the grain-based diets of the north. This dietary transition and the resulting dietary integration of urban population in the north have implications for crop production in Nigeria..

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