Nigeria Metrological Agency (NIMET) has urged farmers to adhere to climatic change information prescribed by the agency, to avoid crop failure.
It said compliance with climate information would increase farmers yield and profit by more than 35 per cent and minimise their risk.
Speaking in Ibadan, Oyo State capital, at a workshop for stakeholders, NIMET Assistant General Manager of Climate Service, Oyegade Adeleke, said onset date is the right time for plantation because there is enough water in the soil, adding that onset is when the soil moisture is okay and adequate for farmers to plant their seeds.
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Sulaimon Arigbabu of Human and Environmental Development Agenda (HEDA) said his non-governmental organisation (NGO), in conjunction with Oxfam, NiMet and Panafrican Africa Climate Justice Alliance (PACJA), trained farmers in the state on need to consider climate change in their farming activities.
“Agriculture is evolving and it is based on science and knowledge. We cannot continue to do things the way our forefathers did it because things have really changed and because we have more mouths to feed these days than in those days. These days we have less land to farm. Besides, our climate is changing on a daily basis and farmers need knowledge, otherwise they will run into problems,” he said.
Participants at the training hailed the organisers for the information shared with them.