CHANGES IN CLIMATIC CHARACTERISTICS AND CROP YIELD IN KWARA STATE (NIGERIA)
https://doi.org/10.24057/2071-9388-2017-10-2-74-93
Abstract
About the Authors
O. OriolaNigeria
Associate Professor in the Department of Geography and Environmental Management, University of Ilorin, Nigeria. He started his academic career with M. Sc. Degree (in Physical Geography) from the University of Ibadan in 1985 as a Lecturer at Oyo State College of Education, Ilesha (now Osun State), Nigeria. He was appointed an Assistant Lecturer in the Department of Geography Adeyemi College of Education, Ondo, Nigeria in 1987 and joined the services of the University of Ilorin as Lecturer I in 1995. He obtained his Ph. D. Degree (Geography) in 2004 at the University of Ibadan, Nigeria. He also obtained Master’s Degree in Business Administration from Obafemi Awolowo University Ile-Ife, Nigeria in 1995 and Advanced Certificate in Geographic Information Systems from Federal School of Surveying, Oyo, Nigeria in 2000. He has teaching and research experience of 30 years. His research interest has been in Land Resources and Environmental Management. He has published over 40 research papers in referred journals and books. He has also attended and presented papers at many International Conferences. Dr. Emmanuel Oriola is a member of the Association of Nigerian Geographers, International Biogeographical Society and African Association of Remote Sensing of the Environment He has supervised Ph. D., M. Sc. Thesis in Geography and Master Degree Dissertations in Geographic Information System.
S. Oyeniyi
Nigeria
Graduate student at the department of Geography and Environmental Management, University of Ilorin. He received his Barchelor of Science degree in 2013 and completed the Master programme in the same department in 2016. He is a promising Scholar. His research interest is on Climate Change and Food Security. He is versatile in Application of Geographic Information System (GIS) in Agriculture. This he demonstrated in his study of Farmer’s Perception of Climate Variability: in Three Communities at Urban Fringe of Ilorin, Nigeria, and Farming without Soil (Aeroponics).
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For citations:
Oriola O., Oyeniyi S. CHANGES IN CLIMATIC CHARACTERISTICS AND CROP YIELD IN KWARA STATE (NIGERIA). GEOGRAPHY, ENVIRONMENT, SUSTAINABILITY. 2017;10(2):74-93. https://doi.org/10.24057/2071-9388-2017-10-2-74-93