CLIMATE CHANGE CRISIS: A REVIEW OF SOLUTIONS

Ndor, D.C., Zarmai D.U. & Dalokom D.Y.

Department of Agricultural Technology,

Plateau State College of Agriculture, Garkawa

Email: dombinndor@gmail.com

ABSTRACT

This paper is a review work conducted through the collection of some research materials and field reports concerned with various climate change crisis solutions at local and global levels. It is clear that the move away from traditional methods of farming to industrial agriculture and modern food production has been hugely important in creating the crisis. The extensive use of chemical fertilizers and pesticides, the expansion of the meat industry and the destruction of the world’s savannahs and forests to grow agricultural commodities are together responsible for about one third of the green house gases that are causing global climate change. As the climate change, agriculture needs to transform so that it becomes more profitable, sustainable and resilient. The smallholder farmers and producers who face the hard realities of the impacts of climate change on their livelihoods want practical solutions that work for them and their families. A return to agro-ecological farming, building organic matter by fungi, carbon sequestration by plants e.g spekboom, root-imaging technology application and community leaders role to save forests are solutions to climate change crisis.