The potential impact of climate change on Nigerian agriculture

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dc.creatorAjetomobi, Joshua
dc.creatorAjakaiye, Olusanya
dc.creatorGbadegesin, Adeniyi
dc.date2015-12-14
dc.date2024-08-01T02:51:47Z
dc.date2024-08-01T02:51:47Z
dc.date.accessioned2026-06-27T15:18:00Z
dc.descriptionThis report examines how extreme weather conditions have affected the mean and variance of the yield of 18 food crops in Nigeria over a period of 42 years (1971-2012). The analysis at the State level was reduced to five Agricultural Transformation Agenda (ATA) priority crops and covered 22 years (1991-2012) due to data scarcity. The framework for the analysis consists of a stochastic production function suggested by Just and Pope (1978, 1979). The results show that the productivity of more than half of the staple crops in Nigeria is threatened by increase in total annual rainfall and extreme temperature nationally and across states in Nigeria. However, such increase is found to have beneficial effects on the productivity of a few crops grown in Northern Nigeria. The economic impact shows that extreme temperature will cause a considerable annual loss in value for most crops except few that are are grown mainly in Northern Nigeria (Borno, Yobe, Kaduna, Kano and Sokoto states) such as millet, melon, and sugarcane.
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dc.identifierhttps://hdl.handle.net/10568/150421
dc.identifier.urihttp://hdl.handle.net/123456789/100404
dc.languageen
dc.publisherInternational Food Policy Research Institute
dc.rightsOpen Access
dc.sourceAjetomobi, Joshua; Ajakaiye, Olusanya; and Gbadegesin, Adeniyi. 2015. The Potential Impact of Climate Change on Nigerian Agriculture. AGRODEP Working Paper 0016. Washington, DC: International Food Policy Research Institute. https://hdl.handle.net/10568/150421
dc.subjectagriculture
dc.subjectclimate change adaptation
dc.subjectclimate change
dc.titleThe potential impact of climate change on Nigerian agriculture
dc.typeWorking Paper

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