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• TITLE: Analysis of the Effects of Climate Change on Crop Output in Nigeria

  AUTHORS: Dominic Z. Agba, Sunday O. Adewara, Joseph I. Adama, Kelvins T. Adzer, Gabriel O. Atoyebi

  KEYWORDS: Climate Change, Crop Output, Agriculture, Cointegration, Error Correction Model, Nigeria

  JOURNAL NAME: American Journal of Climate Change, Vol.6 No.3, September 27, 2017

  ABSTRACT: This study investigates the effects of climate change factors and non-climate change factors on crop output in Nigeria. Empirical research approach was adopted with the use of secondary sources of time series annual data obtained from reputable sources for the period 1980-2013. Error Correction Mechanism was used for the analysis. It was found that in the short run, only rainfall tested significantly positive to crop output among the climate change factors but there is evidence of significant effects of all climate change factors on crop output in the long-run. For example, temperature, carbon dioxide emission, carbon emission and rainfall were tested significantly to crop output. Furthermore, non-climate change factors like economically active population, gross capital formation, and land area equipped for irrigation were significantly positive to crop output. To forestall the effects of climate change on crop output, the study recommends that policy makers should formulate policies that will aid farmers towards adaptation practices in farming that can mitigate the effects of climate change. Furthermore, governments and other relevant agencies should also design programmes that can motivate the masses to increase their involvement in crop production.