Browsing by Author "Msheliza, Deborah S."

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    CHANGING TRADITIONAL RESOURCE MANAGEMENT SYSTEMS IN THE CHAD BASIN AREA: THE CASE OF RURAL BORNO STATE
    (Department of Goegraphy, Nasarawa State University Keffi, 2004-08-01) Ayuba, H.K.; Msheliza, Deborah S.; Aji, Y.M.
    Adaptive processes in the Chad Basin area under traditional resource management systems have generally been ignored in development projects. In consequence, there has been intensification of regional inequality, peripheral dependency, and periodic food crises. A key step towards initiating feasible resource management systems is an understanding of the traditional methods of resources utilization and management, and, their changing role in the economy of the semi-arid region of Nigeria. This paper examines two indigenous practices among rural communities in Borno State, Nigeria: these are, the utilization and management of water resources and land for agriculture. The result reveals that the rural people still operate through traditional resource management systems that are fair and sustainable. However, some of the existing systems are changing due to a number of extrinsic forces, which push rural people to exploit their environment in certain ways. Policy changes and reforms in the rural areas must be practical and suited to the needs of the rural people in order to achieve the desired results.
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    CULTURAL PRACTICES AMONG RURAL COMMUNITIES IN THE CHAD BASIN AREA AND THEIR IMPACTS ON THE ENVIRONMENT: The Case of Borno State
    (Deparment of Geography, Nasarawa State University Keffi, 2004-01-01) Ayuba, H.K.; Aji, Yagana M.; Msheliza, Deborah S.
    People’s responses and altitudes toward resource use are conditioned by timd, place and culture. Culture is file totality of human experience and since there are wide varieties of cultures, there are wide varieties of cultural responses, even to the same environment. Every culture creates its own cultural landscape which is a physical expression of its way of life in the form of housing forms and materials, land use types, crops grown, animals kept, etc. The knowledge of locality specific cultural practices that impact on (he environment is very important in understanding natural resources utilization, conservation and management. This paper attempts to provide information on indigenous methods of resource use and management among rural communities in Borno state (Nigeria) and their changing roles in the economy of the Chad Basin area.
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    DESERTIFICATION AND SUSTAINABLE UTILISATION OF NATURAL FOREST RESOURCES IN BORNO STATE
    (Department of Geography, Nasarawa State University Keffi, 2002-03-12) Ayuba, H.K.; Daura, M.M.; Ijere, J.A.; Maryah, U.M.; Msheliza, Deborah S.
    The United Nations Convention to Combat Desertification (UNCCD) defines desertification as:"land degradation in arid, semi-arid, and dry subhumid areas resulting from various factors, including climatic variations and human activities (United Nations, 1994). Furthermore, UNCCD defines land degradation as a: "reduction or loss, in arid, semi-arid, and dry subhumid areas, of the biological or economic productivity and complexity of rain fed cropland, irrigated cropland, or range, pasture, forest and woodlands resulting from land uses or from a process or combination of processes, arising from human activities and habitation patterns, such as soil erosion, deterioration of the physical, chemical, and biological or economic properties of soil; and long-term loss of natural vegetation" (United Nations,1994). Desertification, if not controlled, could convert an erstwhile fertile and productive land into an infertile and unproductive one, with devastating socio-economic and political consequences for both the local and international communities.
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    PROBLEM OF FUEL WOOD DEPLETION AND SUGGESTED MANAGEMENT STRATEGIES IN BORNO STATE
    (Department of Geography, Nasarawa State University Keffi, 2004-03-05) Ayuba, H.K.; Aji, Y.M.; Msheliza, Deborah S.
    This paper focuses on the problem of fuel wood depletion in Borno State Nigeria. A total of 450 structured interviews were administered to farmers, pastoralists. and rural women who were randomly selected within the farming areas in the state. The results revealed that deforestation is a serious environmental problem in the state. Ever the forest reserves are being encroached upon. The consequences of this are many and varied. To stem the ride of deforestation in the state a set of practical strategies that will ensure affordable. cost effective and reliable energy services have been proposed.Obviously, the only way out of meeting the increasing demand for fuel wood is a concerned. carefully articulated, vigorously pursed programme that goes much deeper than the cosmetic yearly tree planting. rituals