mongabay, Farmers in Nigeria — and other regions, particularly in sub-Saharan Africa — are suffering huge losses due to extreme weather shifts in quick succession, a phenomenon that researchers refer to as “weather whiplash.”
Research shows a connection between poverty and weather whiplash, and farmers in poorer regions are five times more exposed to drought-downpour cycles than people in wealthier regions.
by Tarinipre Francis
https://news.mongabay.com/2024/05/weather-whiplash-cycles-of-floods-droughts-imperil-nigerian-farming/