November 2014

An appraisal of climate change and agriculture in Nigeria

Climate change is a phenomenon that has the potential of affecting all natural and human systems and may be a threat to human development. This is particularly the case in developing countries. This paper is a theoretical article that uses secondary sources of data including weather events that occurred recently to appraise climate change and agriculture in Nigeria. The results have shown that human activities are...

Author(s): Suleiman Iguda Ladan

November 2014

Perceived housing satisfaction in public estates of Osogbo, Nigeria

The study assesses residents’ housing satisfaction in public housing estates of Osogbo, Nigeria. Condition of housing, adequacy of housing facilities and residents’ perception of housing satisfaction in public estates in Osogbo were assessed. The study necessarily relied on both the primary and secondary data. Both qualitative and quantitative data were also used. Data were obtained from six (6) public...

Author(s): Akindele O. Akin, Ojo Tosin and Abolade O

November 2014

Land use, land cover change in urban pastoral interface. A case of Kajiado County, Kenya

Suitable location and influx of immigrants have made pastoral peri-urban Kajiado County a centre of two conflicting interests; urban sprawl and agricultural intensification.  To understand the resulting trends over the period 1984-2010 satellite image based analysis of land use cover changes and interviews with landowners were conducted. Interviews focused on the changes and trends in land use, their causes and...

Author(s): Mary Kerubo Morara, Laban MacOpiyo and Wambui Kogi-Makau