Natural Resource Use and Adaptation to Climate Change in the Nigerian Savanna
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Date
2016
Authors
Olorunfemi, F.B
Fasona, M.J
Oloukoi, G
Elias, P.O
Adedayo, V.T
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UNITED NATIONS UNIVERSITY
Abstract
Nigeria is a country at high risk concerning food security, poverty, energy production and most importantly, unsatisfactory infrastructure and economic development (FGN, 2008). In the near future daytime temperatures (mean maximum temperature) are predicted to rise between 3–5oC in most parts of Nigeria and that a decrease in rainfall events will increase drought probabilities (Adejuwon 2006). The effect of these events on the ecosystems will cause increasing water shortage, poor agricultural yield, food insecurity as well as malnutrition and health problems. The future
climate projection, coupled with an expected increase in population, would present serious challenges for the ecosystems and the associated livelihoods.
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Scholarly article
Keywords
Climate change , Food security , Land practices , Policies , Research Subject Categories::SOCIAL SCIENCES
Citation
Olorunfemi, Felix, Mayowa Fasona, Grace Oloukoi, Peter Elias, Vide Adedayo (2016). Natural Resource Use and Adaptation to Climate Change in the Nigerian Savanna. DNC Policy Brief No. 02, Edited by Hiroshan Hettiarachchi. Dresden: United Nations University Institute for Integrated Management of Material Fluxes and of Resources (UNU-FLORES). UNITED NATIONS UNIVERSITY. Also available at www.flores.unu.edu