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Prof. Ismaila Alfa Adamu

Area of specialization:Biogeography
Email:ismaila.alfa@udusok.edu.ng
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List of Selected Publications

1.Adamu, I.A. (1999) “Towards a Viable Deforestation Combating Programme for the Semi-Arid Zone of Nigeria”. Published in the Journal of Social Sciences & Administration Vol.1, No. pp 49-54. ISSN 1595-2738 DOI: 10.29816/sjss.7.2.6
2.Adamu, I.A. (2008): “Global Warming and the Semi-Arid Zone of Nigeria: The Need for Mitigative Measures”, in Maiduguri Journal of Arts and Social Sciences (MAJASS) Volume 6, No.2, Dec. 2008: 85-95. ISSN 0189-9716
3.Bello Nura, Adamu I.A and Musa Audu (2017). Evaluation of Factors Influencing the Quality of Surface and Ground Sourced Sachet Water in Sokoto Metropolis Using Principal Components Analysis (PCA), in the International Journal of Scientific and Engineering Research Volume 8, Issue 2 (IJSER), 2017. ISSN: 2229-551 IJSER © 2017 http://www.ijser.org
4.Abdullahi umar, Salihu Mohammed and Adamu I.A (2017). Smallholder Farmers’ Drought Contextual Vulnerability Assessment in the Drylands of Northwestern Nigeria, in the International Journal of Scientific and Engineering Research Volume 8, Issue 1 (IJSER), 2017. ISSN: 2229-5518 ISER © 2017 http://www.ijser.org
5.Murtala Dangulla, M: Jaiyeoba, I. A.; Yelwa, S.A. and Adamu, I.A (2016): Population Structure and Ecological Status of Woody Species in the Sudano-Sahelian Zone of Nigeria, in The Nigerian Geographical Journal, volume II (186-200), September 2016: ISSN 1358-4319
6.Adamu I.A and Umar A (2017): The Role of Climate and Environmental Change in Farmers-Pastoralists’ Conflicts in Drylands of Nigeria and Niger Republic, in Journal of Global Resources, Volume 5: Pages 90-100. Institute of Sustainable Development, Environmental and Scientific Research (ISDESR)-www.isdesr.org. ISSN 2395-3160 (Print) ISSN 2455-2445 (Online) www.isdesr.com
7.Ismaila Alfa Adamu, Murtala Dangulla, Nathaniel Bayode Eniolorunda and Yusuf Sokoto Isah (2017): An Inventory of Biodiversity Resources in Some Vegetation Patches in Sokoto Metropolis, Sokoto State, in Sokoto Journal of the Social Sciences, Volume 7 No.2, December 2017: 87-101. Faculty of Social Sciences, ISSN 1595-2738 (Print) ISSN 2384-7654 (Online) DOI: 10.29816/sjss.7.2.6
8.Abdullahi Umar and Ismaila A. Adamu (2017): Comparative Analysis of Contribution of Assets Ownership and Livelihood Diversity in Adaptation to Drought of Selected Farming Communities in Northwestern Nigeria; in the Saudi Journal of Humanities and Social Sciences. Vol-3, ISSN 2415-6256 (Print), ISSN 2415-6248 (Online) Website: http://scholarsmepub.com/
9.Adamu, I.A. (2002). ‘Katsina State’ in: Nigeria in: A People United, A Future Assured: State Surveys, Millennium Edition (2000) (Eds). Mamman, A.B. Oyebande, J.O. and Peters, S.W. Gabumo Publishing Co. Lagos pp 291-302. ISBN 978-010-432-1
10.Adamu, I.A. 2014: ‘A Concise introduction to biogeoraphy (Chapter 26)’ Published in the foundations of Social Sciences, (eds) Ogundiya, I.S. and Amzat, J. Maltahourse Press Ltd., Lagos: 6-26. ISBN 978-978-53250-3-4
11.Adamu, I.A. (1993). ‘Katsina State’ in: UDO, R.B. and Mamman, A.B. 1993(Eds). Nigeria Giant in the Tropics: State Surveys, Vol. II, Eds. Publ. Gabumo Publishing Co. Lagos: 243-255. ISBN 978-010-168-3
12.Adamu, I.A (2016), The Hausa: Origin and Geography, being Chapter Two in Nigerian Heritage – the Hausa Example, by Rebonik Publications Ltd. Lagos. S. S. Muhammad and I. A. Adamu (eds.) Pages 6-24. ISBN: 978-978-3106-77-4
13.Adamu, I.A. and Hassan, A.T. (1996) “The Desertification Problem and the Need for a Green Agenda for the Semi-Arid Zone of Nigeria”. Published in the Proceedings of the 9th Annual Conference of the Nigerian Rural Sociological Association held at Usmanu Danfodiyo University, Sokoto, Nigeria 5th – 8th march, 1996, eds. Baba K.M. et.al. pp 183-186. ISBN 978-32473-7-9
14.Adamu, I.A. and Mohammed Abdullahi Shinkafi (2011). “The Challenge of Climate Change Biodiversity Vulnerabilities and Response Strategies”, in Climate Change and Sustainable Development, the Proceedings of the 52nd Annual Conference of the Association of Nigerian Geographers at UDU, Sokoto, Nigeria, 14th 18th February, 2011. Pp 435-444. ISBN 978-978-932-167-14
15.Adamu I.A. and Dangulla, M. (2014): Threatened Biodiversity and Climate Change – Human Impact Nexus in the West African Sudano-Sahelian Zone. Paper published in the Proceedings of the Annual International Conference on Possible Impacts of Climate Change on Africa, May 18-20, 2014 at the Institute of African Research and Studies, Cairo University, Cairo, Egypt. ISBN 21234
16.I. A. Adamu and A. Umar (2015). Biodiversity Degradation and Human Impact-Climate Change Nexus in the Sokoto-Rima Basin: A Case Study of Urban Sokoto, in Climate Change, Environmental Challenges and Sustainable Development, Book of Proceedings of the 2015 International Conference and 9th Annual General Meeting of the Nigerian Meteorological Society Held at the Department of Geography, Usmanu Danfodiyo University, 23rd-26th November, 2015, pages 591-598 ISBN 978-978-53811-9-1
17.Abubakar G. Fada and Ismaila Alfa Adamu (2015) ‘Emergent Infectious Diseases, Biological Warfare and National Security: Implications for Nigeria’. In a Book Titled “Security, National Integration and the Challenges of Development in Nigeria” a publication of the faculty of Social Science, Usmanu Danfodio University, Sokoto: 399-407. ISBN: 978-978-963-403-3
18.Abdullahi Umar, Salisu Muhammed and Ismaila Alfa Adamu (2015). Vulnerability of Smallholder Farmers to Drought in Dange and Bungudu of Sokoto and Zamfara States North-Western Nigeria, in Climate Change, Environmental Challenges and Sustainable Development, Book of Proceedings of the 2015 International Conference and 9th Annual General Meeting of the Nigerian Meteorological Society Held in the Department of Geography, Usmanu Danfodiyo University, 23rd-26th November, 2015, Pages 379-383 ISBN 978-978-53811-9-1
19.Ismaila Alfa Adamu and Abdullahi Umar (2015). ‘Climate Change Ecological Marginalization and Farmers-Pastoralists Conflicts in Northern Nigeria. In a Book Titled Security, National Integration and the Challenges of Development in Nigeria, a Publication of the Faculty of Social Science, Usmanu Danfodiyo University, Sokoto: 189-204. ISBN: 978-978-963-403-3
20. Ismaila Alfa Adamu and Abdullahi Umar (2015): Greenbelt Conversion, and the Declining Quality of the Environment in Urban Sokoto, Nigeria (1998-2015) – A Sustainable Development Perspective. in a Book Titled Security, National Integration and the Challenges of Development in Nigeria, a Publication of the Faculty of Social Science, Usmanu Danfodiyo University, Sokoto: 178-188. Pages 178-188 ISBN: 978-978-963-403-3
21.Umar, A., Adamu, I.A., Wali, S. U. and Aliyu, H. (2018). “The Earth Summit and the Incubation of Environmental Management in Nigeria.” In forest and forest products: Keys to Environmental Conservation and National Development, Book of Proceedings of the 6th Biennial National Conference of the Forests and Forest Products Society, Held at the Department of Forestry and Environmental Management, Usmanu Danfodio University, Sokoto, 23rg – 27th April, 2018, Pp 315-319, ISSN 978-978-55193-4-1
22.Umar, A., Adamu, I.A., Wali, S. U. and Aliyu, H. (2018). “The Earth Summit and the Incubation of Environmental Management in Nigeria.” In forest and forest products: Keys to Environmental Conservation and National Development, Book of Proceedings of the 6th Biennial National Conference of the Forests and Forest Products Society, Held at the Department of Forestry and Environmental Management, Usmanu Danfodio University, Sokoto, 23rg – 27th April, 2018, Pp 315-319, ISSN 978-978-55193-4-1
23.Badamasi, M.M., Adamu, I. A and Noma, S. S (2018): Assessment of Vegetation Cover Changes and Percieved Ecosystem Services in Falgore Game Reserve, Kano State, Nigeria, in Dutse Journal of Pure and Applied Sciences (DUJOPAS) Vol. 4 No. 2 December, 2018. ISSN(print)- 2476-8316
24. Dakata, F. A. G., Yelwa, S.A., Adamu I.A and Magawata I.: Inter-Annual Variability of Vegetation Cover Across Kano and Jigawa States from 1999-2007, in Sokoto Journal of Geogeraphy and Environnment (SJGE).Vol.1, Issue 1, June, 2019, Pp 67-76,A Publication of the Department of Georaphy, Usmanu Danfodiyo University, Sokoto. ISSN: 2705-3180

K. EDITED WORKS

1.M.A. Iliya, I. A. Adamu, A. T. Umar, M. Audu (eds) (2015). Book of Proceedings of the 2015 International Conference of the Nigerian Meteorological Society (NMetS) on Climate Change, Environmental Challenges and Sustainable Development held at Usmanu Danfodiyo University, Sokoto. ISBN 978-978-53811-9-1
S.S Muhammad and I. A. Adamu (2016), (eds) Nigerian Heritage – the Hausa Example, by Rebonik Publications Ltd. Lagos. ISBN: