Browsing by Author "Tunde, A.M."

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    A GIS Approach to the study of Oil Spillage on Agriculture in Jesse Community, Delta State, Nigeria
    (Department of Geography and Environmental Management, University of Ilorin, Nigeria., 2018-03-19) Tunde, A.M.; Adeleke, E.A; Malik, N.A.; Olayiwola A.M.
    Oil spillage has been an intractable problem in the Niger Delta region of Nigeria. This paper uses GIS to assess the effect of oil spillage on Agriculture of Jesse Community in the Niger Delta Region on Nigeria. Objectives stated include: capture the various agricultural landuse in the study area over a period of 20 years; identify causes/sources of oil spillage and area affected by the spillage over the years; determine the impact of the spillage on agricultural land; and evaluate landuse change of the study area. Primary and secondary sources of information were employed to obtain needed data. Landcover were classified with the use of ARCGIS10.1 software into oil spill area, cultivation, built up areas and vegetation. Findings revealed that the principal cause of spills was attributed to human errors and equipment failure. Result from the supervised classification revealed that oil spillage is increasingly affecting agriculture landuse in the study area. The study further revealed that oil spill has a negative and statistically significant impact on agriculture landuse in a manner consistent with economic expectation. Using flow accumulation model, the vulnerable areas were ranked in order of very low, low, moderate and very high. Recommendation includes qualitative employee training and preventive maintenance culture as remedy to continuous oil spillage.
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    BUSH BURNING AND RURAL AGRICULTURAL PRODUCTION IN ASA L.G.A., KWARA STATE
    (Published by the Department of Sociology, Ibrahim Babangida University, P.M.B. 11, Lapai, Niger State, 2015) Tunde, A.M.; Adeleke, E.A.
    The common method of clearing agricultural land in Nigeria by small scale farmers is bush burning. However, bush burning has its implication on land. The survey reported in this study focuses on assessing the implications of bush burning on agricultural production and land in Afon district of Asa Local Government Area, Kwara state, Nigeria. Copies of structured questionnaire were used to sample a total of two hundred (200) farmers. The study employs the use of descriptive statistical techniques such as simple percentages and cross tabulation to present the data collected. the result revealed that 80% of the farmers were engaged in bush burning to clear the land for cultivation and they do so because they believe it is the cheapest and easiest way to clear land. The result further reveals that 95% of the respondents have experienced bush burning destroyed their farms. About 5% claimed bush burning has never destroyed their farm land and believed bush burning is not causing any menace to farm land. The study concludes by giving recommendations that there should be adequate awareness created by the Government on the menace of bush burning on the agricultural land and that better alternatives to clearing of land for farming should be introduced to the farmers such as the use of tractors at subsidized rate.