The changing climate is adversely affecting the productivity and livelihoods of Nigerian smallholder rural farmers. Several studies predict worsening outcomes for future climate …
The present study aims to investigate the combined effects of temperature, precipitation, ecological footprint, carbon footprints, rice plant area harvested, and fertilizer use on …
X Zhou, W Ma, H Zheng, J Li, H Zhu - Climate and Development, 2024 - Taylor & Francis
To mitigate the negative impacts of climate change on farm productivity and food security, climate-smart agricultural practices (CAPs) have become increasingly crucial in smallholder …
G Tilahun, A Bantider, D Yayeh - Regional Sustainability, 2023 - Elsevier
Studies on mainstreaming climate-smart agriculture (CSA) practices can increase smallholder farmers' capacity and awareness to improve food security and establish …
A user-friendly and affordable broad-band digital Near Infrared (NIR) camera (Canon PowerShot S110 NIR) was compared with a narrow-band reflectance spectrometer …
Cattle beef is an essential animal protein in sub-Saharan Africa. However, pastoralists dominate cattle production in sub-Saharan Africa, and their output is dependent on the …
The need to define and implement adaptation solutions has emerged since the early 1990s when the IPCC started assessing the changes, causes, potential impacts and responses to …
N Scott, M Barnard-Tallier, S Batchelor - Energies, 2021 - mdpi.com
The Modern Energy Cooking Services (MECS) programme has generated data on the amount of energy required to cook meals using different fuels and cooking devices. Fuel …
S Pandeya, A Gajurel, BP Mishra, K Devkota… - Sustainability, 2024 - mdpi.com
The use of conventional farming methods, excessive reliance on fertilizers and inputs, and abrupt shifts in climate have raised significant concerns regarding global agricultural …