Biotechnology Development and threat of Climate Change in Africa

The Case of Nigeria - VOLUME 2

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• Publisher: Cuvillier Verlag
• Year: 2010
• Print ISBN: 9783869554037
• eBook ISBN: 9783736934030
• Edition: 1

The study assessed adaptation of Osun State fish farmers to climate change with a view to providing sustainable adaptive strategies to vagaries of weather in Nigeria. Quantitative data were collected with an aid of structured questionnaire. Descriptive statistics such as frequency distribution, percentages, mean and standard deviation were used to summarise the data while Multinomial Logit Model and Adaptation Strategy Index were used to determine the choice of Adaptation Strategies and the extent of use of the strategies by fish farmers in the State. The results showed that the mean age of fish farmers was 48 years and the mean fish farming experience was 8 years. About 75 percent of the respondents perceived climate change but only 29 percent of them took actions to reduce the impacts of the climate change. Adaptation strategies used to reduce the impacts include reinforcement of dyke, provision of shade, and practice of polyculture. Others include, ensure free flow of water, change stocking periods and provision of reservoir. Adaptive Strategy Use Index showed that reinforcement of dyke was mostly used among the adaptive strategies followed by provision of shade, practice of polyculture, free flow of water, change stocking period and provision of reservoir. Also Multinomial logit model showed that fish farming experience, education, information and size of fishpond are important factors to be considered when planning climate change programmes for fish farmers. The study concluded that many fish farmers perceived change in climate but few of them attempted to reduce the impacts of the change by adopting different adaptation strategies.

Table of contents

• FOREWORD
• FROM THE EDITORS
• Table of Content
• ASSESSMENT OF FISH FARMERS’ PERCEPTION OF CLIMATE CHANGE ANDADAPTATION STRATEGIES IN NIGERIA: OSUN STATE EXPERIENCE
• GRAIN INSECT-PEST DISINFESTATIONS IN A SITUATION OF CLIMATE CHANGE:TOWARDS ADOPTION OF GENDER RESPONSIVE POSTHARVEST TECHNOLOGIESFOR SUSTAINABLE AGRICULTURAL DEVELOPMENT IN NIGERIA.
• EVALUATION AND DATA INTERPRETATION TO RAINFASTNESS OF FOLIARAPPLIEDAGROCHEMICALS
• ASSESSMENT OF LAGOSIANS’ PERCEPTION OF CLIMATE CHANGE AS A PUBLICHEALTH CONCERN
• IMPORTANT ENGINEERING ISSUES IN THE POST HARVEST TECHNOLOGY ANDQUALITY ASSURANCE FOR FRUITS AND VEGETABLES IN AFRICA+
• CLIMATE CHANGE, AGRICULTURAL PRODUCTIVITY AND BIOTECHNOLOGICALIMPLICATIONS IN SOUTH - WESTERN NIGERIA
• AGRICULTURE AND WEATHER VARIABILITY: HOW LOCAL FARMERS MITIGATECLIMATE SHOCKS IN SOUTH-WESTERN NIGERIA4
• APPLICATION OF PROBIOTICS IN AQUACULTURE: ALTERNATIVE TO USE OFANTIBIOTICS: A REVIEW
• THE IMPACT OF CLIMATE CHANGE ON HUMAN SECURITY: A CASE STUDY OFNIGERIA
• “WHAT ROLE CAN BIOTECHNOLOGY PLAY IN MITIGATING THE ADVERSEEFFECTS OF CLIMATE CHANGE ON CROP PRODUCTION?”
• CLIMATE VARIABILITY FOR SUSTAINABLE FOOD CROP PRODUCTION:IMPLICATIONS FOR AGRICULTURAL EXTENSION DELIVERY IN NIGERIA.
• STRATEGIC FEEDING OF WEST AFRICAN DWARF (WAD)SHEEP WITH FAT – SUPPLEMENTEDCONCENTRATE DIETS AS MEANS OF REDUCING NITROGEN EMISSION
• GENETIC FINGERPRINTING OF NIGERIAN POPULATION OF XANTHOMONASAXONOPODIS PV MANIHOTIS USING AMPLIFIED FRAGMENT LENGTHPOLYMORPHISM
• EXTRACTABLE METALS AND PHYSICOCHEMICAL PROPERTIES OF SOMESOUTHWESTERN NIGERIAN SOILS
• CLIMATE CHANGE AND THE MAXIMIZATION OF NIGERIA’S FOOD RESOURCES
• SEASONAL VARIABILITY IN PRODUCTION AND AVAILABILITY OF FISH AND FISHPRODUCTS IN RURAL NIGERIA
• ANALYSIS OF SEQUENCE HOMOLOGY AND DIVERGENCE OF DROUGHTTOLERANT GENES IN PLANTS
• SOIL CARBON DIOXIDE EVOLUTION IN RESPONSE TO AGRICULTURAL LAND USE
• PROMOTING SUSTAINABLE AGRICULTURE IN A PERTURBED ENVIRONMENT: THEROLE OF SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY
• DISPELLING THE “FALLACY” OF CLIMATE CHANGE: PERCEPTION AND ATTITUDEOF YOUTHS IN ILE-IFE, NIGERIA TOWARDS CLIMATE CHANGE
• “SO THAT OUR EARTH SHALL NOT DIE”: THE ENVIRONMENTAL IMAGINATION OFNIYI OSUNDARE’S VILLAGE VOICES AND THE EYE OF THE EARTH
• CLIMATE CHANGE AND ENVIRONMENTAL DEGRADATION IN NIGERIA’S NIGERDELTA: THE IMPERATIVE FOR ENVIRONMENTAL JUSTICE AS A COMPREHENSIVEPOLICY FRAMEWORK
• EX-SITU BIODIVERSITY CONSERVATION: POSSIBILITIES OF LOW-COST SEED GENEBANK OPERATIONS IN SOUTH WESTERN NIGERIA.
• Determination of some Endocrine Disruptors in a Sewage Treatment Oxidation Pond and aReceiving Stream by High Performance Liquid Chromatography and Inductively CoupledPlasma-Mass Spectrometry