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The Federal Government of Nigeria (FGN)
and the World Bank have agreed to carry out a Climate Change
Assessment (CCA) within the framework of the Bank's
Country Partnership Strategy (CPS) for Nigeria (2010-13).
The CCA includes an analysis of options for low-carbon
development in selected sectors, including power, oil and
gas, transport, and agriculture. The goal of the low-carbon
analysis is to define likely trends in carbon emissions up
to 2035, based on government sector development plans, and
to identify opportunities for achieving equivalent
development objectives with a reduced carbon footprint. This
study comprises the following components: (i) development of
a reference scenario of greenhouse gas (GHG) net emissions
for the agriculture sector, consistent with vision 20: 2020
and other government plans; (ii) identification of
opportunities for reduced net emissions- reduced emissions
and or enhanced carbon sequestration- while achieving the
same development objectives as in the reference scenario;
and (iii) economic assessment of low-carbon options in order
to help the Nigerian government to prioritize policy
options. The study evaluates costs and benefits in a partial
equilibrium setting, with no attempt to capture the
indirect, general equilibrium effects of adopting low-carbon
technologies or management practices. The results of this
analysis (the first of its kind in Nigeria) should be
considered as a first approximation of the potential for
low-carbon development in the Nigerian agriculture sector.
The study aims at providing policy makers with an
order-of-magnitude estimate of mitigation potential, and an
understanding of the value of dedicating further efforts
(including through specific projects) at pursuing low-carbon
development in agriculture, but is not meant to inform the
design of specific, project-level interventions.
