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dc.contributor.authorOlayide, O.E.
dc.contributor.authorAlabi, T.
dc.date.accessioned2019-12-04T11:24:16Z
dc.date.available2019-12-04T11:24:16Z
dc.date.issued2018-10
dc.identifier.citationOlayide, O.E. & Alabi, T. (2018). Between rainfall and food poverty: assessing vulnerability to climate change in an agricultural economy. Journal of Cleaner Production, 198, 1-10.
dc.identifier.issn0959-6526
dc.identifier.urihttps://hdl.handle.net/20.500.12478/4324
dc.description.abstractThe agricultural sector in Nigeria provides a socio-economic resource base for exiting pervasive poverty, and transforming the economy. However, with the challenges posed by climate change through variability in rainfall, the agricultural livelihoods and poverty status of the population could be threatened due to the vulnerability context of the country. This paper explores the relationship between rainfall and food poverty through the assessment of vulnerability to climate change in an agricultural economy by geo-referencing and mapping of rainfall variability and food poverty. It provides a quantification of the scale and location of the area under food poverty and rainfall variability with scenarios that provide alternative sustainable development pathways of desirable outcomes. The coefficients of variation of rainfall or precipitation seasonality were computed from geo-referenced data and topologically overlaid on the most recent food poverty profile for Nigeria. The findings reveal intriguing phenomena bordering on agro-climatic and socio-economic factors of climate change vulnerability. The findings provide a basis for policy formulation and implementation on inequity of food poverty and environmental sustainability. It offers empirical insights on how to rethink concepts of socio-economic and environmental sustainability through landscapes and livelihoods as outcomes of vulnerability contexts. The paper concludes that, there is need for agricultural transformation along vulnerability dimensions. The evidence of the nexus between rainfall and food poverty could be a new model for promoting sustainability of the agrarian economy in Nigeria.
dc.description.sponsorshipDepartment for International Development, United Kingdom
dc.format.extent1-10
dc.language.isoen
dc.subjectRainfall
dc.subjectGeographical Information Systems
dc.subjectAdaptation
dc.subjectPoverty
dc.subjectMap
dc.subjectClimate Change
dc.titleBetween rainfall and food poverty: assessing vulnerability to climate change in an agricultural economy
dc.typeJournal Article
dc.description.versionPeer Review
cg.contributor.crpClimate Change, Agriculture and Food Security
cg.contributor.affiliationUniversity of Ibadan
cg.contributor.affiliationInternational Institute of Tropical Agriculture
cg.coverage.regionAfrica
cg.coverage.regionWest Africa
cg.coverage.countryNigeria
cg.researchthemeSOCIAL SCIENCE & AGRIBUSINESS
cg.isijournalISI Journal
cg.authorship.typesCGIAR and developing country institute
cg.iitasubjectAgribusiness
cg.iitasubjectClimate Change
cg.journalJournal of Cleaner Production
cg.howpublishedFormally Published
cg.accessibilitystatusLimited Access
local.dspaceid99892
cg.targetaudienceScientists
cg.identifier.doihttps://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.jclepro.2018.06.221


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