Assessing the Impact of Geospatial Susceptibility on the Rural Agricultural Landscapes of Village Settlements in Southwestern Nigeria

John Adekunle Adesina, Yuanyuan Liu, Xiaolan Tang () and Yujie Ren
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John Adekunle Adesina: College of Landscape Architecture, Nanjing Forestry University, Nanjing 210037, China
Yuanyuan Liu: College of Landscape Architecture, Nanjing Forestry University, Nanjing 210037, China
Xiaolan Tang: College of Landscape Architecture, Nanjing Forestry University, Nanjing 210037, China
Yujie Ren: College of Landscape Architecture, Nanjing Forestry University, Nanjing 210037, China

Land, 2024, vol. 13, issue 10, 1-24

Abstract: A theoretical framework for agricultural landscape pattern transitions in rural areas is proposed to fill the gap of current research with an empirical study in the Alabata farm settlement in Ogun State, Southwest Nigeria. Adopting the use of ArcGIS 10.8 and Surfer 27.3 the surface area and volume of the ground surface degraded and exposed to harsh weather conditions due to both natural and man-made anthropogenic activities causing runoffs and continuous soil erosion were calculated, which have affected agricultural production and sent some of the farmers packing, abandoning their farmlands. The farm settlement within the total sampled frame area of 1.50 km 2 covers a total distance of 5.11 km. The sample frame was divided into 36 frames with similar ecological microclimates, topographical features, terrain, and soil types that fell into either of the two identified soil types: 1 and 2. The study involved the completion of a questionnaire onsite using three major criteria and only 23 farmers responded positively to the few questions as farmers who were either living on the farm or working as hired laborers on-site at the time of the visit. The transition characteristics of agricultural landscape patterns as represented in abandoned, degraded farmlands and orchards are analyzed from a local perspective.

Keywords: agricultural landscapes; agricultural growth plans; rural neighborhoods; resilient communities; biodiversity niches (search for similar items in EconPapers)
JEL-codes: Q15 Q2 Q24 Q28 Q5 R14 R52 (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Date: 2024
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