By Stella Odueme
Having seen the impact of climate change on rural farmers and rural settlements across Nigeria, stakeholders are canvassing for climate researchers and environmental activists to raise their voices in pushing advocacy and campaigns for climate justice and resilience actions.
Already, reports have it that rural farmers at Toshia community in Yunusari Local Government Area of Yobe state, North-East zone are suffering Climate Change impacts.
The same scenario plays out for farmers in Abuja, Gombe, Sokoto, Yobe, Kebbi and Jigawa among others.
MAWA Foundation which is at the forefront of campaigns to mitigate climate change impacts said;” the campaign is most fundamental because we have seen climate change becoming a major threat facing rural farmers in Nigeria.”
It stressed that addressing it will be a major milestone in curbing food security and eliminating hunger.
MAWA Coordinator, Audu Liberty Oseni noted that across rural communities in Nigeria especially the northern zone, farmers are becoming vulnerable to climate change.
He said farmers in Gombe, Yobe, Sokoto, Jigawa, and Abuja just to mention five among many, are facing poverty and starvation.
According to him, rural farmers in Yobe and Abuja, are facing poor harvests while a good number of them are struggling to grow food crops. “A situation they attribute to a shortage in rainfall that is a consequence of Climate Change.
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