Climate Change and Agricultural Production in Nigeria: A Review of Status, Causes and Consequences

The paper reviewed the causes, consequences and impacts of climate change in the Nigerian agricultural sector. The paper found out that, notwithstanding the existence of modern agricultural technologies, climate change which occurs with different weather varieties hamper productivity levels of both crops and animals in recent time in the country. Although there are information about the negative impacts of climate change in the country, much of these information are not on the doorsteps of the rural agricultural producers due to minimal existence of adequate trained change agents. As Nigeria is currently experiencing increasing incidence of disease, declining agricultural productivity, increasing number of heat waves, unreliable weather patterns, declining rainfall in already desert-prone areas, these gave ways to paradigm shift in the agricultural sector especially in the rural communities. Due to these increases there is decline in production of agricultural produce/products which is consequence of climate change. This paper recommends among other things that there is need for a systematic collaborative approach involving all the stakeholders - science experts and researchers, governments at all levels, policy makers, farmers associations, youths and women groups, private sectors: non-governmental and civil society organizations to work together in turning the critical challenges posed by climate change into opportunity/opportunities

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Extended Summaries of National Conference on Enhancing productivity of oilseeds in changing climate scenario held at ICAR-DGR, Junagadh from 7-9 April, 2018A set of 27 safflower germplasm accessions found promising under early rabi sowing were selected for evaluation during rabi season of 2012-13 and 2013-14. The trial was conducted in randomized block design at two locations Akola and Solapur. Soil moisture content at different crop growth stages estimated through gravimetric method indicated that there was continuous decline in soil moisture content during crop growth period ranging from 31 to 42% in the initial stage; 18-22% at flowering and 8-15% at maturity. The differences in seed yield among the accessions were significant at both the locations during both the years. Based on consistent performance across two locations and two years in terms of seed yield and rainfall use efficiency, five best accessions GMU 2347 (IC-337891), GMU 2644, GMU 2648, GMU 3266 and GMU 3438 (IC-442400) were identified. Of these, two safflower germplasm accessions GMU 2347 and GMU 3438 which performed on par to the check are suitable for utilization in breeding programme for better adapted cultivars for moisture stress situations.Not Availabl