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Mohammed Assen, Tegene Negesse, Merga Bayssa
This study was conducted to assess the major livestock feed resources and feeding systems in the Dalifage district of the Afar Regional State, Ethiopia. Three representative kebeles from pastoral and three from agro-pastoral areas were purposively selected, from which 151 households were randomly chosen for semi-structured individual interviews. The major feed resources identified included fodder trees and shrubs (such as...
Séré Diané, Ansoumane Kourouma, Jean Loua +7 more
The oils of two underused Guinean oilseed species, Panda oleosa and Treculia africana, are compared for the first time in this study. Dichloromethane-based Soxhlet extraction produced 20.1% for T. africana and 28.6% for P. oleosa. Chromatographic examination showed that triacylglycerols dominated comparable patterns. Nuclear magnetic resonance (NMR) spectroscopy (¹H, ¹³C and Distortionless Enhancement by Polarization Transfer...
Oladayo Ramon Ibrahim, Olaleke Sunday Eniolawun, Nilanchal Patel +1 more
Climate change and rapid urban growth are increasingly altering local climatic conditions in cities across the Global South. One important manifestation is the urban heat island (UHI) effect, whereby built-up urban areas experience higher temperatures than surrounding less-developed areas. This study examines the relationship between climate change, urban growth, and rising temperatures in Ikorodu, a rapidly expanding...
Ehouman Serge Kofi, Anzoumanan Kamagaté, Amidou Dao +3 more
Quantifying hydrological contributions from tributaries to lagoon systems represents a major challenge for understanding the functioning of coastal hydrosystems and for the sustainable management of water resources, particularly in tropical environments exposed to strong climatic and anthropogenic pressures. This study aims to assess flood contributions from the Bété River to Lagune Aghien, a strategic potential resource for...
Azaka Onyemazuwa Andrew, Enibe Samuel Ogbonna, Nwadike Emmanuel Chinagorom +1 more
The numerical characterization of the drying dynamics of cassava pellets during convective hot air drying, using experimentally obtained results were studied. TMS 30572 cassava tubers were cut into slabs with a rectangular mold (40mm × 20 mm × 10 mm). The drying tests were conducted using a hot air-convective dryer that can dry samples weighing from 0 to 100 g. The response of the drying curve or the drying kinetic depends on...
Desu Asegid, Abubeker Tarbush, and Gabisa Bekela
Teff is a major staple crop in Ethiopia; however, its productivity remains low and unstable across environments due to lodging, moisture stress, poor soil fertility, and limited availability of widely adaptable high-yielding varieties, particularly in West Hararge zone. To address this, 14 teff genotypes were evaluated across six rain-fed environments using a randomized complete block design (RCBD) with three replications;...