N. M. Nasidi

• Master of Science
• Researcher at Bayero University Kano

Climate change is a global issue of great concern due to its severe impact on environmental stability. This study explored present and future climate scenarios in Kano using Global Circulation Models (GCMs). Meteorological data from 12 locations were used to calibrate Climate Hazards Group InfraRed Precipitation with Station data (CHIRPS). Addition...

This paper explores the pivotal role of selected NET in advancing these objectives. High-pressure processing (HPP) stands out for its ability to effectively eliminate pathogens and spoilage microorganisms in foods without compromising their freshness or nutritional value. Pulsed Electric Fields (PEF) offer a non-thermal method for microbial inactiv...

Contaminated drinking water poses a threat to humans, animals and the environment. Lack of potable water is one of the major and persistent problems faced by rural communities, particularly in developing countries like Nigeria. Herein, a portable water decontamination unit was developed and used 4 materials (Moringa seeds, Bauhinia (Kargo) leaves,...

This study simulate and optimize the yield and yield parameters of tomato using AquaCrop model and genetic algorthm (GA) respectively. The AquaCrop model was firstly calibrated using the data obtained from the field and was later used to simulate the observed yield, water productivity and biomass of tomato. The Root Mean Square Error (RMSE), Coeffi...

Irrigation has been identified as a key to achieving food demand in the face of rapid increase in population and climate change impact. In northern Nigeria for example, irrigation practice has been adopted as an alternative to achieving in food production to meet the demand of the population. Nevertheless, the existing irrigation schemes encountere...

Periodic assessment and monitoring of the functionality of irrigation scheme components is the popularly known approach for identifying and fixing existing or looming problems. For example the widely used quantitative metrics for irrigation water allocation performance assessment include equity, adequacy, and reliability of water supply. However, a...

This study explored various research conducted on the impact of climate change, land use, and cover change (LULC) on Malaysia's availability of water resources. The country has abundant surface water reservoirs with adequate annual rainfall, which has been projected to be higher in the future. However, climate change and LULC have been global issue...

This unique book focuses on environmental degradation in Asian countries including land degradation and soil erosion. The land degradation covers assessing environmental degradation using geospatial technology, land use land cover mapping, environmental and anthropogenic degradation, assessment of land degradation vulnerability, evaluation of the i...

Irrigation has been identified as an important practice to achieving food security and socio-economic development in the face of rapid population growth and climatic uncertainties. In northern Nigeria, irrigation has long been identified as the key to achieving the much-desired increase in food production to meet the ever-increasing population. How...

Highlights Clay and clay combined with zeolite was utilized for the production of clay pipes for subsurface micro-irrigation. Various modelling approaches are mathematically complex and require computational and technical skills, hence the need for other simpler approaches. Non-contact imaging and supervised classification (ArcGIS) techniques are u...

Abstract Irrigation sector has undoubtedly contributed immensely towards realizing food security andother socio-economic developments particularly in water-stressed regions of the world. How-ever, the sector has been facing voluminous human-induced problems including illegalitiesand conict among stakeholders. The point of concern here is, the trad...

Irrigation water conservation methods are strategies for reducing water demand and increasing its availability. This research assessed the level of farmers' awareness and practices of irrigation water conservation methods in Kano State, Nigeria. A survey was conducted in twenty (20) irrigation projects located at various local government area withi...

Rainfall erosivity is one of the main factors of soil erosion that is expected to change as climate variables alter and impact soil conservation policies significantly. It is important to understand the potential trends in rainfall erosivity and its impacts on the environment, especially in tropical areas where severe rainfall is expected to contin...

The complexity of hydrological models has been a setback in their evaluation particularly for long-term simulations. Deficit and constant loss (DCL) method has been introduced in Hydrologic Engineering Center's Hydraulic Modeling System (HEC-HMS) model for continuous based simulations. However, studies on climate change impacts using the method are...

Precipitation is sensitive to increasing greenhouse gas emission which has a significant impact on environmental sustainability. Rapid change of climate variables is often result into large variation in rainfall characteristics which trigger other forms of hazards such as floods, erosion, and landslides. This study employed multi-model ensembled ge...

Soil erosion is a serious environmental challenge which persistently diminishes available land resources globally.The impact of soil erosion is more severeat hilly regions where various techniques are deployed to evaluateits risk levels. However, the traditional approach of estimating the magnitude of erosion is tedious, costly, and considerably ti...

The contribution of irrigation in Nigerian agriculture has been significant, especially in the northern part of the country where many of the population are farmers. However, irrigated agriculture in Nigeria has been affected by several problems, including stakeholder conflicts and infrastructural decay. Despite the significance of stakeholders' co...

Classical irrigation management entails the coordination of water source and infrastructures to equitably, efficiently and sustainably share water among farmers. Although human unlawful actions are reportedly linked to the poor performance of irrigation schemes, these activities are typically ignored in the analysis of irrigation water management a...

Integrated solutions to make optimum use of water and water management cannot be over emphasized as this management minimizes damage to life and property and to maximize efficient beneficial use. Agriculture has been facing threat due to insufficient rainfall most especially in arid and semi-arid region of the world due to climate change which make...

The ability of the soil water characteristics hydraulic properties calculator (SWC – HPC) model in predicting soil water characteristics was evaluated at Thomas Irrigation Project, Kano during 2014 raining season in order to establish the predictability and reliability of the model. The soils particle size distribution (%Sandy and %Clay) and organi...

Thisworkdeterminedtheeffectsofdeficitirrigationandmulchingpracticesoncropcoefficient(Kc)oftomatointheKanoRiverIrrigationProject(KRIP)Kadawa,Kano,Nigeria.Experimentscomprisedoffourlevelsofwaterapplicationdepths(40,60,80,and100%ofweeklyreferenceevapotranspiration)andfourlevelsofmulching(No-Mulch(NM),Rice-Straw-Mulch(RSM),Wood-Shaving-Mulch(WSM)and Wh...

This work determined the effects of deficit irrigation and mulching practices on crop coefficient (Kc) of tomato in the Kano River Irrigation Project (KRIP) Kadawa, Kano, Nigeria. Experiments comprised of four levels of water application depths (40, 60, 80, and 100% of weekly reference evapotranspiration) and four levels of mulching (No-Mulch (NM),...

This work was conducted at hilly farms of Cameron Highlands to model the incidences of soil erosion and landslides using historical data and field observations. IfSAR data with spatial resolution of 5 m was used which enable clear observation and delineation of the geographic features within the study area. Field visits were conducted to various pl...

Soil’s infiltration characteristics remain important variables of consideration in irrigation systems designs as well as in soil and water management. This work was conducted to evaluate the performances of three different infiltration models (Kostiakov, Horton and Philip) in order to select a suitable model for use in determination of infiltration...

This work attempted to map the groundwater vulnerability of Kano metropolitan area in Nigeria. The condition of groundwater contamination in Kano is becoming a critical issue with regards to high anthropogenic exploitation coupled with continuous deterioration of its qualitywhich poses a great threat to public health and the ecosystem. This study p...

The effects of deficit irrigation and mulching practices to crop yield and crop water use (CWU) of tomato crop were examined at Kano River Irrigation Project (KRIP), during 2014 dry season irrigation farming. The experiments comprised of four levels of water application depths (40, 60, 80, and 100% of weekly reference evapotranspiration) and four l...

The study examined performance of water conveyance system at Watari Irrigation Project, Kano. Six metering sections were selected along the main canal; A, B, C, D, E and F. Current meter was used to determine the velocity of flow at each station. The highest conveyance loss was 0.225m3/s/Km. The hydraulic efficiency was 27.2% at section D likewise...

A solar powered evaporative cooling system of 0.6 m3 capacity was designed and constructed to increase the shelf life of stored vegetables. The evaporative cooler was tested and evaluated using tomato (Roma). The equipment operates on the principle of evaporative cooling and increasing the relative humidity (RH) in the preservation chamber. The sto...

A solar powered evaporative cooling system of 0.6 m³ capacity was designed and constructed to increase the shelf life of stored vegetables. The evaporative cooler was tested and evaluated using tomato (Roma). The equipment operates on the principle of evaporative cooling and increasing the relative humidity (RH) in the preservation chamber. The sto...

Hydraulic infrastructures and institutional aspect of watari irrigation project were assessed. The research techniques employed include; maintenance performance indicators (relative change of water level-RCWL, effectiveness of infrastructures-EI, dependability of duration-DD and sustainability of irrigation area-SIA), questionnaire and field observ...

This study assessed the performance of field channels at Watari Irrigation Project during the 2013 irrigation period. Sector 4 (about 10 km) from the water source (Dam) was selected for this research. Two (2) factors; distance along the sector (upstream-300m, midstream-600m and downstream-900m) and discharge from the release gate (early stage-40%,...

The ever-increasing world population, the consequent high demand for food supply, and the inability of rain-fed agriculture to meet such demand, have increased the role of irrigation in agricultural production. The main challenge being faced by the irrigation is that of water management, especially in areas where the effects of climate change are e...

The need to irrigate farms/gardens by a method that will replace the natural rainfall when not available led to the design and construction of the sprinkler irrigation system. In this study, a sprinkler irrigation system was designed, constructed and installed. The design was based on using a rotating sprinkler system to irrigate a small size plot...