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Assessment of the Risk of Exposure to Aflatoxins Found in Maize (Zea mays L.) Produced in Cote d'ivoire in Ivorian Adults

Sira Bamba, Adama Coulibaly, Sidibe Daouda, Nyamien B. Yves & Biego Godi Henri Marius · Asian Food Science Journal · 2021

Aims: The objective of this study is to estimate the health risk incurred by the Ivorian adult consumer as a result of exposure to AFB1 and the sum of aflatoxins (AFT) through the consumption of maize. Place and Duration of Study: During this study 375 samples of maize (grains, c...

Open access Research Article 10.9734/afsj/2021/v20i730323

Assessment of Croplands’ Exposure to Climate Variability in the Federal Capital Territory (FCT), Abuja, Nigeria

Dada Ibilewa, Samaila K. Ishaya & Joshua I. Magaji · International Journal of Environment and Climate Change · 2021

The knowledge of exposure of croplands to climate variability is of paramount importance in adaptive capacity planning to boost food production for the world’s growing population. The study assessed the exposure of croplands to climate variability in the Federal Capital Territory...

Open access Research Article 10.9734/ijecc/2021/v11i130340

Mapping a Climate Change Vulnerability Index: An Assessment in Agricultural, Geological and Demographic Sectors across the Districts of Karnataka (India)

C. Shivakumara & P. S. Srikantha Murthy · International Journal of Environment and Climate Change · 2019

Climate change is a continuous phenomenon and over hundreds of years, the atmosphere has changed considerably around the world. Karnataka has the second largest drought prone area in the country next only to Rajasthan. Assessment of vulnerability index could play a major role in...

Open access Research Article 10.9734/ijecc/2019/v9i830130

Measuring Climate Change Vulnerability and its Adaptive Capacity: Policies and Planning for Bangladesh

M. A. Awal, M. Harun-Ar Rashid, A. F. M. Tariqul Islam, M. Farouq Imam & M. A. Rouf Sarkar · International Journal of Environment and Climate Change · 2016

Aims: The paper aims to quantify the spatial vulnerability and adaptive capacity to climate change throughout the various regions i.e. divisions of Bangladesh. Another aim was to formulate befitted policies and planning to reduce the climate change vulnerability for the rural poo...

Open access Research Article 10.9734/BJECC/2016/27382