adaptation

Analysis of Awareness and Adaptation to Climate Change among Farmers in the Sahel Savannah Agro-ecological Zone of Borno State, Nigeria

Y. L. Idrisa, B. O. Ogunbameru, A. A. Ibrahim & D. B. Bawa · International Journal of Environment and Climate Change · 2012

This study examined the awareness and adaptation to climate change among farmers in the Sahel Savannah agro-ecological zone of Borno State, Nigeria. Data for the study were collected from 225 respondents selected through the Multi-stage sampling technique. A socio-economic profil...

Open access Research Article 10.9734/BJECC/2012/1475

Climate Change and Shift in Cropping System: From Cocoa to Maize Based Cropping System in Wenchi Area of Ghana

S. Adjei-Nsiah & Michael Kermah · International Journal of Environment and Climate Change · 2012

A study was conducted in Wenchi Municipality in the forest/savanna transitional agro-ecological zone of Ghana to analyze the past and present cropping systems and to identify the key drivers responsible for the shift. We used key informant and semi-structured interviews, focus gr...

Open access Research Article 10.9734/BJECC/2012/1220

Physic Nut: A Proactive Climate Change Risk Management Strategy

M. A. Belewu & I. O. Orire · International Journal of Environment and Climate Change · 2011

Regardless of the regional variability in the causes and effects of Climate Change, it poses a major threat to both global human and ecological survival. Therefore, adapting and mitigating its consequences require an integrated approach which is not mutually exclusive of any spec...

Open access Research Article 10.9734/BJECC/2011/210