Aims: To assess the significance of land resource regimes and their implications on rural food systems in Zambia. Methodology: Literature review of government reports, legislature, journal articles, books and any published material on land resource governance in Zambia. Findings:...
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Research Article10.9734/AJEE/2016/30373
The enzymatic production of fermentable-sugar from rice husk was examined using diluted sulfuric-acid as a pretreatment medium. In this study, 10 g of rice husk were separately pretreated with 0.5 M, 1.0 M and 1.5 M sulfuric acid at different time interval of 2-24 hours, prior to...
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Research Article10.9734/AJEE/2016/30156
A study of the bioremediation of diverse levels of simulated contamination of waste engine oil (WEO) in soil using natural attenuation, bioaugmentation, mycoremediation and phytoremediation was carried out. This required a preliminary study of the microbiological and physico-chem...
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Research Article10.9734/AJEE/2016/30830
An increase of petroleum hydrocarbons levels in the aquatic environments has become worrisome because of their deleterious impact not only on marine organisms but also its effect on human health. In view of the devastating effect of total petroleum hydrocarbons, this study was ca...
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Research Article10.9734/AJEE/2016/31102
Coal has been the primary source of energy in China due to its abundance, with 55% of its consumption in power generation. Carbon capture and sequestration (CCS) presents an alternate solution as one of the clean coal utilization technologies being developed in China. This paper...
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Research Article10.9734/AJEE/2016/31400
This research was aimed to assess the spatial and temporal trends in the zooplankton community of Aguieira reservoir at the Mondego catchment (Iberian Peninsula, Portugal) in response to some environmental variables. A total of 24 zooplankton as well as water samples were collect...
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Research Article10.9734/AJEE/2016/30661
Continuous activities of man on the bank of river Benue has generated copious quantity of sediments and suspended particles that are washed into the river through the surface runoff. To determine the aesthetic value and quality of River Benue at Makurdi, samples of water were tak...
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Research Article10.9734/AJEE/2016/31544
The study on height-diameter modelling was carried out on Teak (Tectona grandis) plantation in Nimbia Forest Reserve. Two fit methods (Chapman-Richards and Weibull) were used to model height-diameter relationship. The teak plantation is divided into four forest beats as managemen...
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Research Article10.9734/AJEE/2016/30635
The trends in zooplankton community were assessed in response to the variations in the trophic state and water quality, in Serra Serrada, a shallow reservoir, with seasonal water level fluctuations, located in the Portuguese part of River Douro Basin. Various ratios were also cal...
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Research Article10.9734/AJEE/2016/30662
Fuelwood is the primary source of energy for cooking and warmth in many developing countries. It is the most preferred source of energy in both rural and urban areas. Exploiters/cutters import fuelwood to the urban area where there is high demand for the commodity. Four Local Gov...
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Research Article10.9734/AJEE/2016/30633