The study employed a Ricardian Model to measure the impact of climate change on soybean production in Lapai local government area of Niger state. The study utilized time series data on climatic variables for the period 1980-2012 and primary data on socioeconomic background, produ...
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Research Article10.9734/AJAEES/2016/21886
Aims: As climate change related rainfall and temperature variability is being increasingly experienced in the SAT regions, we assessed climate change mitigation and adaptation potential of Conservation Agriculture (CA) by studying effects of minimum tillage (MT) and residue manag...
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Research Article10.9734/BJECC/2015/18479
This study focuses on establishing whether climate change has been occurring in Nigeria. Four States in the South Western part of the country were considered in the study. Climatic data like the rainfall, raindays, surface air temperature for a period of 32 years were collected a...
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Research Article10.9734/BJAST/2016/22389
Aims: The Savanes region of Togo is characterized by frequent droughts and floods which adversely affect farming, the primary source of livelihood for majority of households in the region. Given the rapidly changing climate, these adverse shocks are expected to become more pervas...
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Research Article10.9734/AJAEES/2016/21364
This article explores the water supply-demand relationship in the Middle Draa valley, under climate change and socio-economic scenarios; identifying some of the climate-hydrological variables that best express the vulnerability of hydrological resources at watershed level. The a...
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Research Article10.9734/JSRR/2016/21536
Agriculture is an important aspect of Nigerian economy in that it provides food, employment, raw material for industries. This sector can affect and can be affected by climate change variations in the area. These effects need to be identified and adaptation strategies ascertained...
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Research Article10.9734/BJAST/2016/21347
Most developing countries depend on solid biomass for household cooking energy with daunting problems to the inhabitants and the environment. This is the case in Maroua where dwindling fuel wood supply has resulted to energy scarcity in residential households pushing them into ha...
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Research Article10.9734/JSRR/2016/21548
Aims: Increasing food production through improving land productivity, while conserving the environment and preventing climate change is pertinent to policy makers. This study assessed the predictors of composted poultry waste use intensity (CUI) among arable farmers and its impli...
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Research Article10.9734/BJAST/2016/20774
The recent development of green building and green operations have reached hotel industry, that more and more travelers demand hotels to make green policies. In response, hoteliers devoted their resources into making hotels greener. This study intends to provide an FAHP evaluatio...
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Research Article10.9734/JSRR/2016/20106
Terrestrial and marine environments are experiencing pronounced changes. As species and their ecosystems undergo rising temperatures, varying precipitation patterns and alterations in their chemistry and phenology, there is a great deal of added stress on many organisms. Many spe...
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Research Article10.9734/JGEESI/2015/20815
Sub-Saharan Africa is particularly vulnerable to climate change because of its dependence on natural resources, fragile economy, weak infrastructure and the already warm weather. Nowadays, food security and agricultural production in some countries in the region are getting worse...
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Research Article10.9734/BJAST/2015/17665
Aims and Place: The increase in greenhouse gas emissions in recent decades, especially CO2, is attributed to the increasing burning of fossil fuels and the expansion of agricultural activities. Therefore, more information should be garnered about the mechanisms that control car...
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Research Article10.9734/BJECC/2015/18144
Climate change has been recognized as a global threat and is already affecting ecosystems such as coastal wetlands. With more than 3,200 km of coastline, wetlands are the dominant ecosystem in Vietnam. This country is considered to be one of the most seriously affected by climate...
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Research Article10.9734/BJECC/2015/17168
The impact of climate change on society is one of the most serious challenges of this century. Observations have shown that the Earth’s hydrologic cycle has intensified during past century as the Earth’s temperatures have increased. Such change in hydrology will affect nearly eve...
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Research Article10.9734/BJECC/2015/7962
Aims: The objective of this study is to highlight and document indigenous weather forecasting knowledge of the people of Higher Himalaya in Uttarakhand so that the same could be improvised and used effectively for disaster risk reduction in remote and inaccessible areas. Study De...
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Research Article10.9734/JGEESI/2015/19016