Bulus Sule

ASSESSMENT OF FARMERS' COPING STRATEGIES AND PERCEPTION IN MANAGING RAINFALL VARIABILITY AND CROP YIELD IN KADUNA STATE

Purpose: To understand how Kaduna State farmers perceive and cope with unpredictable rainfall and its impact on crop yields by assessing current strategies and applying the Markov Chain Model. This paper aims to analyse the development of effective adaptation plans to improve food security and livelihoods in the face of wet and dry spell...

ASSESSMENT OF THE PATTERN OF OCCURRENCE OF WET AND DRY SPELLS ON CROP YIELD IN KADUNA STATE

Purpose: To analyse historical rainfall patterns in Kaduna State to understand how frequent and prolonged wet and dry spells affect crop yields, using the Standardised Precipitation Index (SPI) for drought characterisation and Pearson Correlation to quantify the relationship between these spells and crop productivity, with the ultimate g...