ASSESSMENT OF AFFORESTATION PROGRAMME AND COMMUNITY PERCEPTION IN GUMEL LOCAL GOVERNMENT AREA....

This study looked at the afforestation programme and community perceptions in Jigawa's Gumel Local Government Area. A standardised questionnaire and Landsat satellite imagery were used to collect data in the field. Using a multi-stage sampling design technique, 200 questionnaires were delivered to the 200 sample size picked from the sample area. Similarly, Landsat data was collected for thirty (30) years utilising Earthexplorer and Landsat TM for 1988 and 1998, Landsat ETM for 2008, and Landsat-8 operational land imager (OLI) for 2018. A Landsat image of the study area with a resolution of 30m x 30m was downloaded from NASA's website. The photos were downloaded from the University of Maryland's Global Land Cover Facility (GLCF, 2018) and the USGS, and spatially referenced in the Universal Transverse Mercator (UTM) projection with datum World Geodetic System (WGS). Idrisi Selva was used to convert the photos to Tiff formats for processing and classification using a maximum likelihood classifier. The data was analysed using methods such as mean, basic percentage, graphs, and tables. The success of the afforestation programme has resulted in large gains in afforestation in Gumel Local Government Area of Jigawa State from 1988 to 2018. However, it was suggested that government entities in charge of forestry activities be urged to put in place mechanisms to ensure that forest encroachment activities are avoided in order to ensure a plentiful supply of trees and land covers.

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