In 1990, 82 million hectares out of Nigeria's total land area of about 91 million hectares were found to be arable. 42 percent of the cultivable area was farmed. Much of this land was farmed under the bush fallow system, whereby land is left idle for a period of time to allow natural regeneration of soil fertility.
Report Abuse. 1  His or her name. â¥Instantkarmaâ¥â« Â· 10 years ago. 2  I believe a lover of rain is a pluviophile. I love thunderstorms too, but don't have a word for that, except dangerous. 3  There's no term for it. I love thunderstorms!  Pulviophilia. Mercedez Â· 1 month ago.
It's raining cats and dogs. Idiomatic expressions for heavy rain in many different languages. The origins of the English expression, It's raining cats and dogs, are uncertain, though the most likely source is a satirical poem by Jonathan Swift, A Description of a City Shower, first published in Tatler magazine in 1710.