Asia Pacific Environmental and Occupational Health Journal

The purpose of this study is to review the impact of heat on health and productivity on agricultural workers, which to especially focused on the Nigerian farmers. First the phenomenon of climate change and how it affects human health is discussed on global perspective and Nigeria to be specific. The review focuses on heat stress and its symptoms on farmers working under the condition of high temperature and how these symptoms affect health and productivity. It further examines the physiological changes of the human body due to heat stress and the thermal comfort zone in accordance to the human stress index. Findings have shown that agricultural field workers exposed to high temperature resulted in heat stress related symptoms such as; heat cramp, exhaustion, syncope and even heat stroke. 

Keywords: Heat Stress, thermal comfort, Health, Productivity.