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.
For the song by Phish, see Big Boat. Petrichor (/ËpÉtráµ»kÉÉr/) is the earthy scent produced when rain falls on dry soil. The word is constructed from Greek ÏÎ­ÏÏÎ± petra, meaning stone, and á¼°ÏÏÏ Ä«chÅr, the fluid that flows in the veins of the gods in Greek mythology. The term was coined in 1964 by two Australian CSIRO researchers, Isabel Joy Bear and Richard G. Thomas, for an article in the journal Nature.