Open AccessAgricultural land-use systems and climate change among small Farmers in nigeria
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Temidayo Gabriel Apata,
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G N’Guessan,
K Ayantoye,
Omololu J. Idowu,
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Publication year - 2019
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Conference proceedings
DOI - 10.52041/srap.19301
Subject(s) - livelihood , agriculture , climate change , descriptive statistics , multivariate probit model , probit model , environmental resource management , land use , sustainable land management , business , natural resource economics , agricultural land , geography , land management , agricultural economics , environmental planning , economics , econometrics , statistics , mathematics , ecology , civil engineering , archaeology , engineering , biology
In sub-Saharan-Africa (SSA), agriculture land-use supports the livelihoods of the majority of people. Land- use for agricultural-activity is an economic-activity that is highly dependent upon weather and climate that produce food and fibre necessary to sustain human life. Hence, land-use for agriculture is expected to be vulnerable to climate variability. This paper examines this relationship. The paper presents data and generated evidence-based decision making under risk and uncertainty as influenced by climate change and its effects on agricultural land-use/outputs. Farm-level cost-route survey of cross-sectional national-data of 800 respondents was used for analysis. Data were analyzed and presented using the tools of descriptive statistics, trans-logarithms model and multivariate probit model (MVP). The study indicated a strong relationship between efficient use of agricultural-land and adaptive-processes to climate-change. Thus, providing data and analysis that strengthen policy decisions on land-use and climate change. Hence, policies of promoting and motivating sustainable land-use management need to be entrenched.