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Differential impacts of rainfall and irrigation on agriculturalproduction in Nigeria: Any lessons for climate-smart agriculture?
The rain-fed agriculture system is vulnerable to climate change impact. However, such impact may alsovary by aggregate and sub-sectoral levels of agricultural production. The impact of climate change andvariability on agricultural production would engender appropriate policies and practices towards...
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| 042 | |a dc | ||
| 720 | |a Olayide, O. E. |e author | ||
| 720 | |a Tettehb, I. K. |e author | ||
| 720 | |a Popoola, L. |e author | ||
| 260 | |c 2016 | ||
| 520 | |a The rain-fed agriculture system is vulnerable to climate change impact. However, such impact may alsovary by aggregate and sub-sectoral levels of agricultural production. The impact of climate change andvariability on agricultural production would engender appropriate policies and practices towards a sus-tainable agricultural production system. We investigated the differential impacts of rainfall and irrigationon agricultural production in Nigeria, and drew lessons for climate-smart agriculture (CSA) in Nigeria.Using time series data that spanned 43 years and econometric analytical technique, we quantified thedifferential impacts of rainfall and irrigation on aggregate production and sub-sectors (all crops, staples,livestock, fisheries and forestry). Irrigation had positive and significant impact on aggregate agriculturalproduction as well as all sub-sectors of agriculture. These findings suggest the need for the minimizationof the impact of climate-induced production risks through CSA which would involve complementarydevelopment of more arable land areas under irrigation in Nigeria. Irrigation would also enhance com-plementary agricultural water management for the development of all the sub-sectors of agriculture,thereby enhancing food security and sustainable agricultural production under prevailing climate changeand variability. | ||
| 024 | 8 | |a Agricultural Water Management 178 (2016) 30–36 | |
| 024 | 8 | |a dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.agwat.2016.08.034 | |
| 024 | 8 | |a http://ir.library.ui.edu.ng/handle/123456789/3655 | |
| 653 | |a Agricultural production | ||
| 653 | |a Impacts | ||
| 653 | |a Rainfall | ||
| 653 | |a Irrigation | ||
| 653 | |a Climate-smart agriculture | ||
| 245 | 0 | 0 | |a Differential impacts of rainfall and irrigation on agriculturalproduction in Nigeria: Any lessons for climate-smart agriculture? |