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Paper Presented at the “Development and Adaptation Days”

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Paper Presented at the “Development and Adaptation Days”

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  1. INCORPORATING COMMUNITY-BASED ADAPTATION STRATEGIES INTO RURAL DEVELOPMENT POLICIES IN A DEVELOPING ECONOMY, NIGERIAByDr. Daniel Davou DABI and Dr. Anthony O. NYONGCenter for Environmental Resources and Hazards ResearchDepartment of Geography and Planning, University of Jos, P.M.B. 2084 Jos, Nigeria Paper Presented at the “Development and Adaptation Days” of the Eleventh Conference of Parties to the United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change (COP-11) Montreal 27 November to 9 December 2005

  2. INTRODUCTION • Agriculture is the major economic activity in the rural areas • Provides livelihood and gainful employment (70%) to the Population • Contributed 41.5% of the Gross Domestic Product (GDP) in 2000 • Suffered from inappropriate policy measures • Changes in Government (internal/external influences) • Environmental constraints • Climate Variability and Change (recurrent droughts) • Research Findings are presented • Literature • Case Study (rural communities in the Sahelian belt of northern Nigeria)

  3. STUDY AREA(Sahelian Belt of Northern Nigeria)

  4. LIST OF SELECTED VILLAGES (COMMUNITIES)

  5. RESEARCH METHODS • Data Collection • Review of relevant literature • Field Surveys from a sample of 27 communities • Questionnaires Administration • Participatory Rural Appraisal • Focus Group Discussions • Data Analysis • Qualitative Methods • Frequencies (Tables and graphs) • Community-Based Assessment • Traditional (‘trial and error’, ‘inheritance’ and beliefs)

  6. RESULTS AND DISCUSSION • Evidence from the literature: • The era of traditional agriculture (before the 1950s) • The economic-growth- and modernization era of the 1950s and 1960s • The growth-with-equity period of the 1970s • The economic-growth and policy reform period of the 1980s • Development during the 1990s • Above gave little or less meaningful results • Developments on the New Millennium (2000 and beyond) • Hope for the future (environmental and economic sustainability)

  7. Survey Results Community-Based Drought resistant varieties Crop diversification Livestock diversification Early mature crop varieties High yield varieties Low input varieties Irrigated crops Replanting Herd movement Herd supplementation Adaptation Strategies Culling animals Labor migration Selling assets Herd sedentarization Farm location Herd/farm sizes Water exploitation methods Water use Water storage methods Food storage RESULTS AND DISCUSSION (2)

  8. RESULTS AND DISCUSSION (3)

  9. RESULTS AND DISCUSSION (4)

  10. CONCLUSION Thank you Merci Na gode Ma feng • Government and policy makers to assist the rural poor in adaptation; • Incorporating indigenous, community-based adaptation strategies into policy formulation; and • Ensure implementation of appropriate technologies and sustainable measures.

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