التفاصيل البيبلوغرافية
| العنوان: |
AN ASSESSMENT OF THE VARIOUS MITIGATION STRATEGIES TO COMBAT DESERTIFICATION IN JIBIA AND KAITA LOCAL GOVERNMENT AREAS OF KATSINA STATE. |
| المؤلفون: |
Thlakma, Richard Sunday1 profsrthlakma@gmail.com, John, Omale Eche2 |
| المصدر: |
Geosfera Indonesia. Aug2019, Vol. 4 Issue 2, p124-145. 22p. |
| مصطلحات موضوعية: |
*DESERTIFICATION, *LOCAL government, *ENVIRONMENTAL sciences, *AGRICULTURAL productivity, *REMOTE-sensing images, *DEFORESTATION, *TREE planting |
| مصطلحات جغرافية: |
KATSINA (Nigeria) |
| الشركة/الكيان: |
EUROPEAN Economic Community |
| مستخلص: |
This study was conducted on an assessment of the various mitigation strategies to combat desertification in Jibia and Kaita Local Government Areas of Katsina State, Nigeria. The data use includes Satellite imageries for the study such as landsat MSS of 1976, landsat TM of 1987, SPOT XS of 1995 and landsat ETM of 2006 as well as structured questionnaires. Sixty close ended copies of the Questionnaire were administered in the study. Purposive sampling method of administering questionnaires was adopted. The percentages land mass covered for each of these variables was determined and estimated in M². literature was obtained from various agencies which were responsible for desertification control in Katsina state. It was found from the reserved forest that in 1976 the percentage of reserved forest was 2.57%. In 1987 however, it increased by 73.9% to 76.47 %. By 1995, it declined by 9.42% to 67.05% and further declined by 0.52% in 2006. Effort to combat desertification through the use of reserved forest has been quite significant over the years. Also, noticed was a declined in shelter belt from 5.91% in 1987 to 1.097% in 1995 and a shot up to 7.39% in 2006. About 37% of the respondent opined that the deforestation leads to the disappearance of trees while 33% pinioned that it leads to reduction on agricultural productivity. The major strategy adopted to combat desertification is tree planting as supported by 88% of the respondents. It found that desertification as major environmental problem of the study area has reduced drastically from 43.34% in 1976 to 1.29% in 2006. It was also revealed from this study that some organizations such as European Economic Community/Katsina State government EEC/KTSG, Katsina Afforestation Project Unit KTAPU and Local Government Councils are the major agencies that are responsible for mitigating desertification in the study area. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR] |
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