CO2 EMISSIONS, TEMPERATURE CHANGES, PRODUCTIVITY AND LABOUR SUPPLY: NEW EMPIRICAL EVIDENCE FROM FARMERS IN NIGERIA

Abstract

Temperature changes, variability in the climatic conditions of Nigeria is putting agriculture under serious food security and production under serious treat. Studying these changes in temperature and co2 emission has very critical to the Nigerian agricultural sector. Robust OLS model and Cointegration techniques were used to analyse the study objectives using time series data and interesting results were found in the course of the analysis. We found that the impact of temperature changes and that of rainfall on agricultural productivity in Nigeria is positive. Further results showed labour supply and CO2 emissions has significant and positive impacts on agricultural output in Nigeria. It is recommended that the government should provide adequate support to farmers in Nigeria by building irrigation systems to boost production especially during the dry seasons when rainfall is very rare. Agricultural innovations and technologies are encouraged so as to regulate climatic changes.