Impact of Weather on Guinea Corn Production in Kaduna State, Nigeria

Abstract

Weather variations has become a topical issue in recent time because of its largely detrimental impacts on natural and human systems. The study examines the impact of weather on guinea core production in Kaduna State, it analyse the trend of rainfall and temperature over the past 20 years (1999-2018) and examine the impact of these weather variables on guinea corn production. Rainfall, temperature and guinea corn yield was acquired, data collected were subjected to regression analysis. The findings show that the coefficient of variation as seen above of maximum temperature 4.4 and minimum temperature 2.72 shows that there is a consistency in the variation although not too strong. The findings also show that there is uneven pattern of rainfall implying that crop yield differs from year to year. This is as a result of the relationship between rainfall and Guinea corn in this investigation. The study thereby recommend that Guinea corn production should be regressed on other environmental factors such as soil fertility.