期刊名称：The Journal of Sustainable Development in Africa (JSDA)
电子版ISSN：1520-5509
出版年度：2012
卷号：14
期号：3
出版社：Institute of Sustainable Development in Africa
摘要：This study identifies the recent consequences of land degradation in the peri-urban area of Kaduna metropolis with the aim to improve the environment and the socio-economic status of the inhabitant. Random sampling method was used to collect data from field observation and measurement while snow-ball sampling technique was adopted for the selection of farmers for semi-structured interviews, which are analysed using descriptive statistics. The result revealed that there are three new recent consequences of land degradation in the area; namely, one, socio-economic parameters which includes spending more time, energy and increase in cost of farming; two, the waste buried in the soil are non-biodegradable and contains poisonous chemicals while the third is the permanent resident of many nondegraded waste in the soil. Their implication has effect on the people’s health, socio-economic pattern and quality and the environment which are all highly interrelated making the situation more complex. It is suggested that there should be proper and adequate waste management in place for the metropolis, improve conservation techniques to be employed by the farmers and where the land is assumed to be polluted beyond tolerance level the land use should be change from crop farming.
