Utilization of Agro-meteorological Services among Arable Crop Farmers in Oyo State, Nigeria

Abstract

The study assessed arable crop farmers ' utilization

Delta Eyaleti, Nijerya'da Meteoroloji Hizmetlerine Erişim ve Kullanım Kısıtlamaları

“…Similar channels were used in Ghana to render meteorological services to farmers (Naab and Ahmed, 2019). Thomas and Sanyaolu (2017) also found that same channels were used in Oyo state, Nigeria. There were multiple responses…”

“…Effect of climate change on agriculture is highly pronounced through the accompanying result on the socioeconomic and environment related aspects of rural dwellers' lives, as they are primarily engaged in agricultural activities for their livelihood. Thomas and Sanyaolu (2017) describe the Biophysical impacts as including physiological effects on livestock and crops, change in water, soil and land resources, rise in sea level and transformations in salinity of the various ranges. The socioeconomic impacts have consequences of reducing the marginal GDP from agriculture, promoting world market price fluctuation, encouraging shifts in trade regime, alter geographical distribution, increase population of the vulnerable who are at hunger and food insecurity risk, civil unrest and migration (Thomas and Sanyaolu, 2017).…”

“…Thomas and Sanyaolu (2017) describe the Biophysical impacts as including physiological effects on livestock and crops, change in water, soil and land resources, rise in sea level and transformations in salinity of the various ranges. The socioeconomic impacts have consequences of reducing the marginal GDP from agriculture, promoting world market price fluctuation, encouraging shifts in trade regime, alter geographical distribution, increase population of the vulnerable who are at hunger and food insecurity risk, civil unrest and migration (Thomas and Sanyaolu, 2017). While supporting this assertion van der Zaag (2010) states that yields of grains became stagnant in African countries as a result of temporal variation and inconsistency in the pattern of rainfall which was experienced in 2012, that also witnessed the flooding of cassava, maize, yam and rice farms in Delta, Edo, Oyo and Adamawa States.…”

“…While supporting this assertion van der Zaag (2010) states that yields of grains became stagnant in African countries as a result of temporal variation and inconsistency in the pattern of rainfall which was experienced in 2012, that also witnessed the flooding of cassava, maize, yam and rice farms in Delta, Edo, Oyo and Adamawa States. The results are that the progressively increasing severity and frequency of droughts are most likely to give rise to crop failure, forced sales of livestock, high and appreciating cost of food, impoverishment, de-capitalisation and eventually, famine (Thomas and Sanyaolu (2017). These are some of the challenges of farmers that agricultural extension functions to obliterate and guide the farmers to raise their standard of life.…”

“…The major purpose includes provision of weather, climate and precipitation information. It has the mandates of ensuring international best standard practices maintenance in every area which includes promotion of services needed in agricultural practices, prediction of early season weather storm, prediction of rainfall, prediction of direction of wind and sensitisation of farmers on the warnings of uncontrollable weather conditions (Thomas and Sanyaolu, 2017).…”