Drought in Nigeria

Long-term drought in Nigeria has resulted in desertification and a shortage of land for raising cattle and growing crops.

[10] Analysis of the orbital photographs from the National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA) shows that about 900,000 km2 of former savanna grassland in the region of Africa has been severely decertified between the early 1960s and 1986 due to persistent drought occurrences (O'Connor 1995).

In Northern Nigeria, there are several records of drought occurrences that resulted in famines in the years 1914, 1924, 1935, 1943, 1951–1954, 1972–1973, Mortimore 1989 and 1991–1995 (Tarhule and Woo 1997).

[2] A recent survey conducted in seven states of Nigeria by SBMIntel, an Africa-focused research firm, showed that approximately 79% of Nigerian farmers were impacted by the damaging effects of drought and flooding in 2020.

[15] The significant impact of drought in Northern Nigeria has been evident over the past years, affecting crops and farmers' produce in the region.

Drought is characterized by prolonged absence or insufficient distribution of precipitation, resulting in a long-term deficiency of rainfall in a specific area.