January 2015

Green banking in India

Environmentalism is a social movement that shows the concerns for environmental conservation and improvement of the state of the environment. This has now become a constant concern in every industry and it is no wonder that the banking industry also caught the ‘green’ fever. To circumvent the global warming trap, the impulse of ‘going green’ is running faster than expected amongst all the big...

Author(s): Suresh Chandra Bihari and Bhavna Pandey

January 2015

Effect of climate change on food crop production and vulnerability assessment in Oyo State

The study assessed household vulnerability to climate change and its effect on yam and cassava production in Oyo state, Nigeria. Primary and secondary data were used for the study. Data on yam and cassava yield between 1990 and 2009 were obtained from the Oyo State Agricultural Development Programme (ADP) while data on climate variables between 1976 and 2010 were obtained from the Nigeria Institute of Meteorology,...

Author(s): S. A Adewuyi, B. Folorunso, L.O Okojie and D. Akerele