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.
And O3 â or ozone â smells different than O2, which we are so used to we canât even smell. The second thing weâll smell, as the storm reaches us, is the scent of rain on dry earth. And it even has a name. Itâs called petrichor, constructed from Greek: If you have a science subject you'd like Steven Law to explore in a future article, send him your idea at curious_things@hotmail.com. Ozone, a big component of the smell of rain.