The effects of climate change in developing areas : an assessment of the African situation

Abstract

This research is meant to assess the effects and incidence of climate change and indigenous innovative measures in the developing African nations. The importance of the research are to highlight the extent of influence of climate change impact in the developing countries; examine the nature of climate change effect; determine the factors affecting the people's adoption of various adaptation strategies in the areas; identify problems faced as a result of the impacts of climate change. Climate change does not only threaten in sustainable development of socioeconomic activities but also the totality of human existence of any nation; hence the crisis of human security. Data is gain to be drawn from both primary and secondary sources; using both quantitative and qualitative approaches. Simple descriptive statistic is to be used for data analysis. The study shows that there is increase in the effect of climate change in the places regarded as low rainfall, desertification, higher and high temperature altitude. The findings also noted that the key problems associated with climate change were; increase in the cost of living, farm input, and poor crop yields, increase in pest and disease incidence and of forest resources.