Nexus Between Climate Change, Agriculture and Economic Growth in Nigeria

The study conducted an empirical analysis of Nexus between climate change agriculture and economic growth in Nigeria. The research uses data spanning from 1980 to 2023 obtained from central bank of Nigeria and world development index (WDI) The data collected were linear in nature and then unit root test was conducted for all variables (GDP, Agriculture, Annual rainfall and C02 emission as proxy of climate change). The dependent variable was stationary at level, while the explanatory variables were stationary at first difference, as determined by the Augmented Dickey-Fuller test. The Johansen cointegration test showed no cointegration, indicating no long-run relationship between climate change and economic growth in Nigeria and Autoregressive Distributed Lag (ARDL) model was used to analyze the data. The findings revealed there is negative relationship between climate change, agriculture and economic growth in Nigeria due to the climate related events such as changes in rainfall pattern, unpredictable weather seasonality and rising in temperature. The findingalso revealed higher C02 emission led to lower output and negatively affect the economic growthThis paper recommended that there is need to invest in climate resielent agriculture by implementing polcies and programs that support farmers in adopting drought resistant crop. Additionally, implementing strict emvironmental regulation and emforcingpanelties to curb C02 emission. By adopting these recommendations, Nigeria can enhance its resilience to climate change, promote sustainable economic growth and protect the well being of its citizens.