Volume 6, Issue 22, July - December, 2020

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The study analysed trend in temperature and wind speed characteristics over Fidii area of Makurdi Local Government Area of Benue State. Temperature and wind speed data for Makurdi synoptic weather station for a period 30 years (1986 and 2015) were acquired from Nigerian Meteorological Agency, Oshodi, Lagos. Least Square Regression model was used to analyse trend, while Student’s ‘t’ Test statistics was to determine the significance of the trends at 0.05 degree of confidence. Mean, standard deviation and coefficient of variation were also employed in data analysis. The result shows that the variation in mean minimum, maximum and mean temperatures over Fiidi area of Makurdi indicates slight negative trends which are not significant at 0.05 confidence level. The result further shows that temperatures in Makurdi have periodicity of ten (10) years which means that Makurdi usually go through cooling and warming phases in cyclic pattern of ten years with maximum temperatures currently upward oscillation (warming phase) after a downward oscillation of just six years instead of the usual 10-year periodicity. The result generally showed that wind speed in Fiidi, Makurdi varied seasonally during the study period with the months of December – April which constitutes dry season in Makurdi having high wind speed with the highest wind speed of 5.78m/s

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Climate Change & Environmental Science

Trend analysis of temperature and wind speed characteristics over Fidii area of Makurdi, Benue State, Nigeria

Monday Akpegi Onah, Sunday Akuratse Akuratse, Peter Saater Anjember

The study analysed trend in temperature and wind speed characteristics over Fidii area of Makurdi Local Government Area of Benue State. Temperature and wind speed data for Makurdi synoptic weather station for a period 30 years (1986 and 2015) were acquired from Nigerian Meteorological Agency, Oshodi, Lagos

Climate Change, 2020, 6(22), 168-176

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Climate Change & Agriculture

The impacts of shade trees on fodder and food crops integrated with or without coffee farming system in times of climate change: brief review

Miftah Fekadu, Yunusa Isa

Shade trees can be planted either as wind breaks, woodlots or scattered individuals to buffer outdoor environmental conditions for crops and livestocks.

Climate Change, 2020, 6(22), 177-185

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Climate Change & Pollution

Advection and its applications: Trajectories over Busia County in Kenya

Juma GS, Nebert Kituni, Makokha JW

Advection is defined as a conservative transport of a substance by bulk motion. The substances include pollutants, enthalpy or any material that contains thermal energy

Climate Change, 2020, 6(22), 186-190

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Climate Change & Agriculture

Understanding Farmers’ Vulnerability to Environmental Change in Semi-Arid Region: A Key to Agricultural Sustainability

Jude Nwafor Eze, Patience Chinyelu Onokala

The study assessed the extent of farmers’ vulnerability to environmental change in the semi-arid region of Nigeria. The research seeks to proffer a solution to farmers’ vulnerability to environmental change and promote Agricultural sustainability in the face of climate change in dryland areas

Climate Change, 2020, 6(22), 191-200

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Climate Change & Adaptation/Mitigation

Determinants of Climate Change Adaptation Strategies among Farmers in Borno State, Nigeria: Multinomial Logit (MNL) Approach

Mohammed D, Onu JI, Jongur AUU

The study assessed climate change adaptation strategies and their determinants among smallholder farmers in Borno State, Nigeria. The study was conducted in Sudan savannah and Guinea savannah Agro-Ecological Zones (AEZ) of the State. Multi-stage sampling procedure was used in selecting 360 smallholder farmers for the study

Climate Change, 2020, 6(22), 201-211

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Climate Change & Environmental Science

Estimating the impact of climate extremes and their future projections over drought prone regions of Punjab, Pakistan

Khurram Riaz, Burhan Ahmad, Syed Ahsan Ali Bukhari, Tahir Khan

Climate change is unequivocally altering natural systems and impacts on drought prone regions of Pakistan. Extreme climate often has a substantial impact on agricultural production. The Punjab province is the primary food production region of Pakistan

Climate Change, 2020, 6(22), 212-227

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