Northern Nigeria despite its promising agricultural potential, is currently not enjoying
economic bloom like its Southern counterpart as a result of political, religious, ethnic and …

Rainfall data are a vital meteorological input to agricultural modelling systems and water
resources planning and management studies. In this study, CRU data (CRU_TS 4.01) was …

With the vast water resources of West Africa coming under threat due to the impacts of
climate variability and human influence, the need to understand its terrestrial water storage …

Study region Senegal river (SRB), Niger river (NRB), and Lake Chad basins (LCB). Study
focus We investigated the impacts of land use/land cover change (LULC) and climate …

Mali and Nigeria are two countries in West Africa with great potential to increase their
agricultural production. However, they have also recently experienced severe episodes of …

Climate change has an impact on the ability of transboundary water management
institutions to deliver on their respective mandates. The starting point for this book is that …

Abstract The Niger River basin is drought-prone, and farmers are often exposed to the
vagaries of severe weather and extreme climate events of the region. Spatiotemporal …

Drought and wetness events have become common due to global warming, warranting the
need for continuous analysis and monitoring of drought and wet events to safeguard …

West African regions along the Niger River experience climate and land cover changes that
affect hydrological processes and therewith the distribution of fresh water resources (WR) …

In recent decades, flood disaster has been occurring frequently in West Africa. Located in
the heart of West Africa, the Niger River Basin has not been spared the flood hazard that is …