Environment & Ecosystem Science (EES)

EVALUATION AND IMPACT OF CLIMATIC VARIABILITY ON GUINEA CORN (SORGHUM BICOLOR) IN SELECTED STATE IN NIGERIA

February 14, 2020 Posted by Basem Alhusali In Environment & Ecosystem Science (EES)

ABSTRACT

EVALUATION AND IMPACT OF CLIMATIC VARIABILITY ON GUINEA CORN (SORGHUM BICOLOR) IN SELECTED STATE IN NIGERIA

Journal: Environment & Ecosystem Science (EES)

Author: Ibrahim Sufiyan, J.I. Magajia. A.T. Ogah, K. Karagama

This is an open access article distributed under the Creative Commons Attribution License CC BY 4.0, which permits unrestricted use, distribution, and reproduction in any medium, provided the original work is properly cited

DOI: 10.26480/ees.01.2020.10.14

Climate variability is one of the serious environmental challenges that have received a lot of public outcry in most parts of the world due to its consequence on agricultural production and other sectors of the national economy and general wellbeing. This study, therefore, sought to examine the effects of climate variability on crops production in the Bakori Local Government Area of Kastina State, Nigeria. Rainfall, temperature and selected crops (Sorghum) data from the farmers living in Bkori and cultivate Guinea corn every year. The data were analyzed using correlation and regression analysis in SPSS and the trend the function of Microsoft Excel.). The study identified positive crop yield while comparing temperature trend sorghum temperature characteristics, the most important climatic variable that influences the yields of Sorghum in Bakori is temperature and rainfall. This has beeachieved by monitoring 100 farmers at different locations in the study area and the use of farm inputs and monitoring of crop-climate relationships to achieve improved crop yield.

Pages 10-14
Year 2020
Issue 1
Volume 4

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