scholarly journals Effectiveness Of Forest Management As Affected By The Land Use Act In Onigambari Forest Reserve, Oluyole Local Government Area Ibadan, Nigeria.

2019 ◽  
Vol 6 (12) ◽  
pp. 16-23
Author(s):  
Z .O. Yusuff ◽  
L. O. Alamu
Keyword(s):  
Land Use ◽  
Forest Management ◽  
Local Government ◽  
T Test ◽  
Local Government Area ◽  
Forest Reserve ◽  
Pearson Product Moment Correlation ◽  
The Mean ◽  
Forest Managers ◽  
Ibadan Nigeria

The growing demands for forest goods and services are putting serious pressure on the resource base, leading to over-exploitation and subsequent forest degradation. In Nigeria both natural and plantation forests could not meet 100 million m3 of the 180 million m3 wood demand in 2000. At present, one of the most challenging problems facing the country is the production of sufficient food and fiber to meet the needs of the ever-increasing population (Peters, 2005). This study examined the effectiveness of forest management in Onigambari forest reserve, Oluyole Local Government Area Ibadan, Nigeria. The study employed a simple random sampling technique to select 43 forest farmers randomly. Descriptive tools such as frequency distribution, percentage, mean, ranking and Pearson product moment correlation (PPMC) was used as inferential statistical tool to determine the forest management performance in the study area while Student T-test was used to test for the significance difference of the relationship between the forest managers and locals. Result showed that mean age of respondents is 39.65 years. A tittle above Forty Eight percent of the respondents were females while 51.16% of the respondents were males, A tittle above Eighteen percent of the respondents were single while 81.40% of the respondents were married. The result of Student t- test revealed that the mean of age is higher than the mean total effects indicating improved performance of age on the total effects in the study area. The p value (0.0000) is smaller than the chosen alpha value (0.05) which has the t-value of 6.840. The result further revealed that deforestation is now becoming history as a result of land use policy on forest management and it has the highest weighted mean score of  2.86 and ranked as the first, followed by the demand of local industries can partially be met second (WMS= 2.74). The result on Pearson product moment correlation revealed that some of the selected factors such as poor participation of people involved in forestry (r= 1.000**; p <= 0.01), use of inexperience foresters (r= 0.262*; p <0.05) and poor conflicts management between local farmers and foresters (r= 0.387*; p < 0.05) respectively exhibited a significant relationship between forest managers and locals/indigenous people. The study recommended that there should be increase in communication among all stakeholders to ensure the harmonization of all interests towards a better use of forest resources, also effective continuous public enlightenment is essential to secure the interest and participation of farmers with an effective mechanism for good governance, equitable benefit sharing, and lastly, conflict resolution mechanism should be established.

scholarly journals Effects of Land Use and Land Cover Change on Tse Gavar Forest Reserve, Vandeikya Local Government Area, Benue State, Nigeria

2020 ◽  
Vol 2 (1) ◽  
pp. 34-46
Author(s):  
Emmanuel Tertsea Ikyaagba ◽  
Joseph Asen Jande ◽  
Mercy Kpadoo Abiem
Keyword(s):  
Land Use ◽  
Local Government ◽  
Land Cover ◽  
Land Cover Change ◽  
Local Government Area ◽  
Forest Area ◽  
Community Forest ◽  
Remotely Sensed Data ◽  
Forest Reserve ◽  
Bare Land

Forests are considered to be the very basis for human existence as they touch virtually every aspect of human endeavour. Despite the numerous benefits of forests, the world is experiencing unprecedented degradation of forest and its resources; this is mainly attributed to land use and land cover (LULC) change. Therefore, monitoring of these changes has become a necessity. Hence, the use of remotely sensed data in conjunction with GIS for land use and land cover analysis of Tse Gavar community forest in Vandeikya Local Government Area would definitely enhance the available data for sustainable management and promotion of community forest in the State. This study made use of mostly secondary data from pre-existing satellites imageries. The Landsat TM for 1986, Landsat ETM+ for 2001 and 2012 as well as OLI for 2018 images were sourced from the Earthexplorer platform from United States Geological Surveys (USGS), Global Land Cover Facility (GLCF) and GloVis. Images were subjected to various image processing techniques and supervised classification was carried out on the various images. The classification resulted in classes of farmland, other vegetation, forest area and bare land. The percentage of LULC in Tse Gavar Forest Reserve indicated that farmland increased from 5.78% in 1986 to 18.25% in 2018.  Shrubland also increased from 3.06% in 1986 to 21.08% in 2018. Forested area decreased from 84.17% in 1986 to 59.38% in 2018. The magnitude of land use/land cover change within the 32 years period showed that 9.36 Ha of the forest area was lost to other forms of land use, the bare land area lost within the period was 0.09 Ha to other land uses.  Farmland area increased by 4.32 Ha within the period, shrubland increased by 5078.88 km2.  It was established that just like other protected areas, land use and land cover changes are going on in the Tse Gavar community forest reserve. Enrichment planting of the reserve was recommended.

ASSESSMENT OF VEGETATION COVER CHANGE OF KEBBE FOREST RESERVE, KEBBE LOCAL GOVERNMENT AREA OF SOKOTO STATE, NIGERIA USING REMOTE SENSING AND GEOGRAPHIC INFORMATION SYSTEM (GIS) TECHNIQUES

2021 ◽  
pp. 20-30
Author(s):  
A.S Ambursa ◽  
A Muhammad ◽  
A.G Bello ◽  
H Alhassan ◽  
A Abdulrahman
Keyword(s):  
Land Use ◽  
Local Government ◽  
Land Cover ◽  
Vegetation Cover ◽  
Satellite Image ◽  
Forest Degradation ◽  
Local Government Area ◽  
Forest Reserve ◽  
Deep Forest ◽  
Reserve Forest

This study examined the change in vegetation cover (land use cover) of Kebbe forest reserve, Kebbe local government area of Sokoto state. The research was divided into phases comprising satellite image sourcing; corrections of the images and classification of the land cover types based on the result from the ground truthing of the Kebbe Forest reserve. Two research hypotheses and research objectives were formulated for the study. Satellite images of 5 thematic mapper (TM) of 2003 and 8 operational land imager thermal infrared sensor (OLI-TIRS) of 2018 were selected for this study. The data were haze corrected using pancroma software with the Dark Object Subtraction (DOS) algorithm. The highest increase in area among the LUC between the dates is the shrub land with about 20.42% increase, which is from 138.42 to 881ha and the least being the sparse forest with 1.35% increase, also from 1309.59 to 1359ha of the reserve. On the other hand, the highest decrease was experienced in the deep forest, with 24.89% of the decrease being from 1649.25 to 744ha, and the least being the bare land with 8.73% decrease, which is from 406.71to 89ha of the total reserve area. The results from this study indicate that the reserve of the Kebbe forest is not properly managed, and has also faced high degradation rate that affected the land use and land cover of the reserve. Forest conservation measures should be put in place to salvage the remaining forest land area. Further research into the causes of the forest degradation should be conducted.

scholarly journals Evaluation of Physicochemical Properties and Microbial Populations of Soil of Bagale Forest Reserve, Girei Local Government Area, Adamawa State, Nigeria

2020 ◽  
pp. 13-21
Author(s):  
G. O. Ateh ◽  
M. G. Saka ◽  
E. E. Dishan ◽  
B. B. Meer
Keyword(s):  
Local Government ◽  
Physicochemical Properties ◽  
Soil Depth ◽  
Chemical Properties ◽  
Soil Samples ◽  
Local Government Area ◽  
Microbial Populations ◽  
Available Phosphorus ◽  
High Porosity ◽  
Forest Reserve

This study evaluated the relationship between selected physicochemical properties and microbial populations of the soil of Bagale Forest Reserve, Girei Local Government Area of Adamawa State, Nigeria. Five plots of 20 x 20 m were laid. Soil samples were collected from five different positions at two soil depths of 0-15 cm and 15-30 cm. The soil samples were isolated in the laboratory for microbial populations and determination of physical and chemical properties. The results obtained revealed that fungal population (7.65 x 105 cfu/ml) was the highest at the soil depth of 0-15 cm, representing 39% of the total microbial populations in the sampled soil of the study area. The results further revealed that the population (6.84 x 105 cfu/ml) of the bacteria had a positive effect on soils of the study area in terms of nitrogen fixation by Rhizobacterial spp. Chemical properties of the soil samples revealed that the available phosphorus exhibited the highest percentage (61.7%) at 0-15 cm soil depth. Analyses of soil physical properties recorded the highest percentage (49.0%) of sand at 0-15 cm soil depth. A similar percentage (50.0%) of sand was exhibited at the depth of 15-30 cm. These percentages accounted for the high porosity (29.0%) of the soil observed at the two soil levels in the study area and could be improved through the application of lime fertilizers. Application of appropriate fertilizers like NPK to improve the soil condition of the study area is highly recommended.

scholarly journals ANALYSIS OF TECHNICAL, ALLOCATIVE AND ECONOMIC EFFICIENCIES OF YAM PRODUCERS IN GANYE LOCAL GOVERNMENT AREA OF ADAMAWA STATE, NIGERIA

2020 ◽  
Vol 6 (7) ◽  
pp. 129-143
Author(s):  
A. Aliyu ◽  
A. B Shelleng
Keyword(s):  
Local Government ◽  
Technical Efficiency ◽  
Economic Efficiency ◽  
Best Practice ◽  
Allocative Efficiency ◽  
Local Government Area ◽  
Efficiency Gain ◽  
Average Output ◽  
Absolute Efficiency ◽  
The Mean

The study investigated the technical, Allocative and economics efficiencies of yam producers in Ganye Local government Area, Adamawa State, Nigeria. Combinations of purposive and random sampling techniques were employed using 100 famers from five different wards of the local government. In the first place, five wards were selected and used for this study and twenty farmers were selected from each ward, making a total of 100 famers, twenty. The analytical tool used to achieve the objectives of this study was Data Envelopment Analysis. The results of the study revealed that 57% of the farmers had technical efficiency of 0.81 and above while 43% of the farmers operate at less than 0.81 efficiency level. The mean technical efficiency for the 100 sampled farmers in the study area was 0.78. The farmer with the best practice has a technical efficiency of 1.00 while 0.37 is for the least efficient farmers. This implies that on the average, output fall by 0% from the maximum possible level of 1.00 due to technical inefficiency. The mean allocative efficiency was 0.98. The result indicates that average yam farmer in the state would enjoy cost saving of about 5% while allocative inefficient farmer will have an efficiency gain of 95% to attain the level of most efficient farmer among the respondents. The mean economic efficiency was 0.77. The farmer with the best practice has an economic efficiency of 1.0 while 0.08 was for the least efficient farmers. This implies that on the average, output fall by 52% from the maximum possible level due to inefficiency. Finally, among the constraints identified in the study area, the majority of the respondent attested to the fact that high cost of inputs, transportation problem, lack of credit facilities and storage/preservation problem were the major constraints they faced in yam production in the area. The study concludes that yam farmers in the study area have achieved absolute efficiency in the use of variable inputs. It was found that yam production in the study area is profitable.

scholarly journals Effect of Self-Regulated Learning Strategy on students’ achievement in Basic Science in Makurdi Local Government, Benue State, Nigeria

2019 ◽  
Vol 8 ◽  
pp. 361-379
Author(s):  
Christy Mbakohol Jirgba ◽  
Joy Iember Bur
Keyword(s):  
Local Government ◽  
Science Teachers ◽  
Basic Science ◽  
Learning Strategy ◽  
Local Government Area ◽  
Self Regulated Learning ◽  
Significant Difference ◽  
Regulated Learning ◽  
The Mean ◽  
Research Questions

This study examined the effects of self-regulated learning instructional strategy on students’ achievement in basic science among Upper Basic 2 in Makurdi Local Government Area of Benue State. The study employed non-equivalent group pre-test-post-test quasi experimental design. The population of the study was 638 upper basic school levels. The sample for this study was 128 students from six co-educational schools within Makurdi Local Government Area of Benue State. Two research questions and two hypotheses guided the study. The instrument used for data collection was Basic Science Achievement Test (BSAT) and was trial tested using Kuder-Richardson (K-R, 20) formula to determine the reliability coefficient of BSAT which was found to be 0.99. Descriptive statistics of means and standard deviation were used to answer all the research questions and inferential statistics of Analysis of Covariance (ANCOVA) was used to test all the hypotheses at 0.05 significant level. The results of the study showed that demonstration method enhanced students’ achievement in basic science better than self-regulated strategy. There is no significant difference between the mean achievement score of students taught basic science using self-regulated learning strategy and those taught using demonstration method. There was no significant difference between the mean achievement scores of male and female students taught basic science using self-regulate learning strategy. Basic science Teachers should not only use demonstration method to teach but also allow the student to actively participate in the learning. This can foster confidence in the students and enhance better achievement in basic science.

scholarly journals Geo-spatial Assessment of Land Use/Land Cover (LU/LC) Dynamics in Akoko South West Local Government, Ondo State, Nigeria

2021 ◽  
pp. 46-54
Author(s):  
Dada Ibilewa ◽  
Mustapha Aliyu ◽  
Usman O. Alalu ◽  
Taiwo Hassan Abdulrasheed
Keyword(s):  
Land Use ◽  
Local Government ◽  
Land Cover ◽  
Landsat Images ◽  
Rock Outcrops ◽  
Forest Reserve ◽  
Spatial Assessment ◽  
South West ◽  
Moderate Change ◽  
Microsoft Office

Geo-spatial assessment of land use/cover dynamics in Akoko South West Local Government was instigated to bridge the knowledge gap created by data deficiency on the nature, scope and magnitude of land use/cover change in the area. This was done through the analysis of Landsat images of three epochs from 2000 through 2010 to 2020. The processing of the satellite images was done in ArcGIS 10.8 while the analysis and 2030 projection was done in Microsoft office excel using the result from the analysis. QGIS was used to remove the scan lines error on the 2010 image. The result showed increasing built-up area, reducing vegetation and farmlands and diminishing rock outcrops. The changes vary among the different classification characteristics. The increasing change in the second epoch was higher in built up areas while rock outcrops increased in the first epoch. Farmland and vegetation were on reducing trend throughout the study period. However, the moderate change observed in the second epoch for the two land cover classes were not as significant as the first epoch. Government policies on forest reserve should strictly be adhered to in order to preserve the vegetation in the area. People of the area should be advised to diversify their economy in order to avoid total dependence on the forest reserve.

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