The study area covered the Niger River Basin (NRB) in the northern part of Nigeria. The basin has an area of approximately 2.3 million sq km spreading over 10 countries. The Basin has its largest part in Mali, Niger and Nigeria, each covering about 25% of the total basin area with approximately 100 million people earning livelihood mainly on the traditional, low input, rainfed farming, nomadic animal rearing and small scale irrigated agriculture. The Basin is drained by River Niger which covers a distance of approximately 4,200 km, joining its main tributary, the Benue River in south-central Nigeria and flows into the Atlantic Ocean. Nigeria alone contains 28.3 percent (424,500 square kilometers) of the Basin area and more than half of her major rivers are in the Niger River Basin. Almost 60 percent of Nigeria’s population, or about 67.6 million inhabitants, live in the Basin.
- Annex 39: Eduvie M., 2020. Inception report on proposed scientific contributions focused towards WEFE nexus assessment. ACEWATER2 report JRC122694 (Component of deliverable)
- Annex 40: Eduvie M., 2020. Climate variability and extreme event, hydrology and reservoir management, agriculture and water in Northern Nigeria: progress report. ACEWATER2 report JRC122694 (Component of deliverable)
- Annex 41: Eduvie M., 2020. Climate variability and extreme event, hydrology and reservoir management, agriculture and water in Northern Nigeria: final report. ACEWATER2 report JRC122694 (Main deliverable)