Climate change has been fingered as the main factor responsible for the continuous decline in sustainable agricultural production and environmental degradation particularly in the developing countries. Against this background, a study was conducted in Uyo Agricultural Zone of Akw...
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Research Article10.9734/JAERI/2016/19996
Several recent reports have presented evidence indicating a change in arvicolid rodent dynamics from high-amplitude density cycles to acyclic fluctuations at relatively low level. The data come mostly from Northern Europe (>60° N) and indicate that the change is caused by clim...
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Research Article10.9734/BJECC/2016/25313
Climate change as one of the greatest threats to environmental sustainability, can impact on any sector of the economy including tourism. Thus, this study examined the possible impacts of climate change on the tourism potential of Ebomi Lake, Ondo State, Nigeria. Available litera...
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Research Article10.9734/BJAST/2016/24285
The issue of climate change highlighted the dynamics of the global ecosystem especially in the atmosphere component. The perception of this phenomenon at the local level, in the villages, from serious scientific studies conditioned decisions on land use. Yet, these scientific tru...
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Research Article10.9734/BJAST/2016/24098
Due to its drought resistant nature, high nutritional content and ability to produce with few inputs, finger millet is one of the crops that can combat food insecurity in arid and semi-arid lands like eastern Kenya. Against this backdrop, a survey was carried out in Kalama and Ka...
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Research Article10.9734/BJAST/2016/16075
This paper examined residents’ socio-economic attributes as drivers of adaptation to climate change effects in Ibadan metropolis, Nigeria. Through systematic random sampling, primary data were obtained from 442 household heads in the core, transition and sub-urban residential are...
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Research Article10.9734/ACRI/2016/23740
Aims: In this study a time series modeling was developed to predict the annual warming trend at coast Libya in the second decade of the 21st century using ARIMA model, and performing an evaluation for the results significance. Study Design: Utilizing Box-Jenkins method through, t...
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Research Article10.9734/AIR/2016/24175
Aims: The Mekong Delta of Vietnam is facing impacts from climate change and sea level rise. Two extreme weather conditions – drought and flood – have occurred much more often recently. Faced with the challenges of drought, the government of Vietnam has an idea of constructing a s...
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Research Article10.9734/JGEESI/2016/23521
Aims: In Cambodia the frequency and impacts of natural disasters has been increasing. The impacts of droughts and floods are most severe within the agricultural sector which accounts for around 29% of Cambodia’s GDP and 59% of the work force. In this paper we assess the farmers’...
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Research Article10.9734/JGEESI/2016/23523
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