The application of agrochemicals in agroforestry systems in general and cocoa-based agroforestry systems in particular is unprecedented as agroforestry systems are considered as environmentally benign, agro-ecological and sustainable agricultural systems. It was within this conte...
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Research Article10.9734/jeai/2020/v42i1030611
Soil fertility decline is a reality across the globe. Soil infertility has led to falling crop yields for both food and cash crops precipitating both poverty and food insecurity. Poor agricultural practices have often been blamed for declining levels of soil fertility. It was wit...
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Research Article10.9734/ijpss/2020/v32i1730386
Tree diversity and density in agroforestry systems has been found to increase the diversity and density of soil macro-fauna. However, very little is known of the relationship between tree diversity and density in cocoa agroforests and soil macro-fauna diversity and density. This...
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Research Article10.9734/ijpss/2020/v32i1730383
Land degradation is currently one of the major environmental challenges in mountain ecosystems of sub-Saharan Africa. In the Bamboutos Mountains, the Nduh Nkemlepè River watershed is experiencing increasing pressures associated with the intensification of human activities and the...
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Research Article10.9734/ajraf/2026/v12i4540
Montane ecosystems are increasingly threatened by land-use and land-cover changes driven by agricultural expansion, resource extraction, demographic pressure, and other human activities, with important implications for biodiversity conservation and ecosystem functioning. The Moun...
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Research Article10.9734/ajraf/2026/v12i4541
Land use and land cover change (LULCC) is a major driver of environmental transformation, particularly in fragile mountainous ecosystems where increasing human pressures accelerate ecological degradation. In the Bamboutos Mountains of Cameroon, the Nduh Nkemlepè watershed has exp...
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Research Article10.9734/ajraf/2026/v12i3515
Soil fertility decline has pushed farmers across the world to resort to chemical fertilizers in order to improve soil fertility and enhance crop yields. In agroforestry systems, the application of chemical fertilizers is a call for concern considering that agroforestry systems ar...
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Research Article10.9734/jeai/2020/v42i1030612
Tree diversity and abundance within an agroforestry system plays a crucial role in the provision of different ecosystem services. It was within this framework that this study sought to examine the contribution of tree diversity and abundance to soil fertility in cocoa-based agrof...
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Research Article10.9734/jeai/2020/v42i1030613