Mangrove forests are ecologically and socioeconomically important coastal ecosystems that provide fuelwood, support fisheries, sustain local livelihoods, sequester carbon, and protect shorelines against erosion and flooding. However, increasing human population, expanding commerc...
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Research Article10.9734/ajraf/2026/v12i4548
This study examined the effect of the adoption of climate-smart livestock practices (CSLP) on the income of cattle farmers in Bauchi State, Nigeria. A multi-stage sampling technique was used to select 446 cattle farmers from 20 communities in ten Local Government Areas, and data...
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Research Article10.9734/ajraf/2026/v12i4546
This study investigated the intensity of adoption of the Integrated Striga Management for Africa (ISMA) package among smallholder maize growers in Bauchi and Kano States, Nigeria. Using a multi-stage sampling approach, primary data were collected from 508 respondents via structur...
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Research Article10.9734/ajraf/2026/v12i4547
Elo (Ficus racemosa L.) is a woody species of ecological and pharmacological importance whose in vitro establishment is constrained by microbial contamination. This study evaluated chemical sterilization strategies for nodal segment explants obtained from two ex vitro plant sourc...
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Research Article10.9734/ajraf/2026/v12i4545
Small-scale farmers in Kenya face intertwined climate-related, agronomic and market constraints in Irish potato (Solanum tuberosum L.) production. This cross-sectional study describes the coping practices and production considerations reported by potato-growing households in four...
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Research Article10.9734/ajraf/2026/v12i4544
Aims: To determine the optimum relative planting time for intercropping sugarcane (Saccharum officinarum L.) and maize (Zea mays L.) that minimises interspecific competition and maximises yield, land-use efficiency, and economic returns. Study Design: A randomised complete block...
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Research Article10.9734/ajraf/2026/v12i4543
Exploration of fruit tree-vegetable-based agroforestry systems is pivotal for combating climate change, meeting nutritional demands, ensuring food security, and improving economic profitability. From December 2020 to April 2021, an experiment was carried out in a 21-year-old aonl...
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Research Article10.9734/ajraf/2026/v12i4542
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
Urban expansion is among the principal drivers of land-use and land-cover (LULC) change in tropical secondary cities, converting forest and agricultural land into built-up area and eroding the ecosystem services on which surrounding populations depend. This study applied a mixed...
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Research Article10.9734/ajraf/2026/v12i4539
Regression models were developed and validated to relate stump diameter to diameter at breast height (DBH) for selected timber species in Erukot Forest, Oban Division of the Cross River National Park, Nigeria, and were subsequently applied to tree-volume estimation. The assessmen...
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Research Article10.9734/ajraf/2026/v12i4537
Aims: To examine the spatio-temporal variation in cropping intensity and irrigation intensity across the 12 districts of Himachal Pradesh, India, during 1990–91, 2005–06, and 2020–21. Study Design: District-level quantitative analysis using secondary agricultural statistics, GIS-...
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Research Article10.9734/ajraf/2026/v12i4538
Preliminary field evaluation was conducted in the Trans-Ganga region of Prayagraj district, Uttar Pradesh, to assess early growth among 40 elite Eucalyptus camaldulensis clones relative to a seedling control. The trial was established in three replications under uniform silvicult...
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Research Article10.9734/ajraf/2026/v12i4536
Rice farming in drought-prone north-western Bangladesh is experiencing an uneven transition from mature mechanisation in land preparation and post-harvest operations to selective adoption of advanced labour- and water-saving technologies. This study examines the patterns, intensi...
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Research Article10.9734/ajraf/2026/v12i4535
The study was to characterise the diameter distribution structure of the Ofutet Teak Plantation, evaluate fitted probability distribution functions for describing and predicting DBH, and assess models for projecting key stand attributes.This study was carried out at Dr Ofutet’s T...
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Research Article10.9734/ajraf/2026/v12i3534