Some Civil Society Organisations (CSOs) have called on farmers in rural areas to embrace Climate-Smart Agriculture (CSA) as part of efforts to mitigate the impact of climate change in Nigeria.
The CSOs made the call in Calabar on Friday at a capacity-strengthening workshop for non-state actors at the grassroots level.
The workshop had the theme: “Translating climate change adaptation (CCA) and smart agriculture to farmers in Cross River.”
The workshop was sponsored by the Climate and Sustainability Development Network of Nigeria (CSDevNet), Pan African Justice Alliance (PACJA), and African Activists for Climate Justice.
The CSOs which advocated a sustainable way of agricultural practice, noted that the present system of agriculture was a contributing factor to climate change.
They noted that sustainable smart agriculture would help to prevent food insecurity, deforestation and natural disaster due to climate change.
Mr Steve Abu, National Network Coordinator, CSDevNet, who spoke on “Translating climate change adaptation and smart agriculture to farmers,” said that millions of Nigerians were currently at risk of natural disasters.
He pointed out that the most obvious effects of climate change included drought, flooding, sea level rise, decrease in crop yield, food insecurity, erosion and an increase in poverty.
