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View article: Green Facade Systems as a Sustainable Solution for Urban Heat Island Mitigation in Lagos State
Green Facade Systems as a Sustainable Solution for Urban Heat Island Mitigation in Lagos State Open
Urban Heat Island (UHI) effects intensify heat stress, energy use, and poor air quality in rapidly urbanizing cities like Lagos. This study investigates the potential of green facades as a sustainable UHI mitigation strategy through a qual…
View article: Climate smart agriculture practices by crop farmers: Evidence from south east Nigeria
Climate smart agriculture practices by crop farmers: Evidence from south east Nigeria Open
Climate change has severely impacted African countries, particularly Nigeria, affecting farmers' productivity due to adverse weather conditions. Climate Smart Agriculture (CSA) has emerged as a crucial approach to ensure sustainable agricu…
View article: Farmers’ perspective toward a demand led yam breeding in Nigeria
Farmers’ perspective toward a demand led yam breeding in Nigeria Open
This study seeks to increase the efficiency of yam breeding practice using farmers’ insight at the trait and socioeconomic levels. A three-staged multisampling procedure was employed and 792 yam farmers from four geopolitical zones, compri…
View article: Progressive review of solar drying studies of agricultural products with exergoeconomics and econo-market participation aspect
Progressive review of solar drying studies of agricultural products with exergoeconomics and econo-market participation aspect Open
An analysis of review articles on solar drying of agricultural products is presented. The review also discusses detailed economic evaluation methods and market participation approaches for transitioning solar dryers from the workshop to th…
View article: Gendered Food Mapping on Pounded Yam in Nigeria
Gendered Food Mapping on Pounded Yam in Nigeria Open
This report summarizes the results of a ‘gendered food mapping’ survey carried out in 4 rural communities of Ebonyi State, South-East Nigeria. Farmer-processors, processors and marketers were asked about the preferred and non-preferred cha…
View article: Gendered Food Mapping on Boiled Yam in Nigeria
Gendered Food Mapping on Boiled Yam in Nigeria Open
Farming is the major livelihood activity for all the communities studied (male and female), and in the context, both male and female farmers indicated that yam was the most important crop they produced – as it was important for food, resil…
View article: Quality attributes of <i>fufu</i> in South‐East Nigeria: guide for cassava breeders
Quality attributes of <i>fufu</i> in South‐East Nigeria: guide for cassava breeders Open
Summary Fufu is a popular traditional fermented wet paste food product from cassava. We examined consumer preferences and quality attributes of fufu in Abia and Imo States of South‐East Nigeria, with special attention to gender differences…
View article: Determinants of cassava commercialization for export development among farmers in Abia state
Determinants of cassava commercialization for export development among farmers in Abia state Open
This review presents an overview of how genomics have developed over the years and how genomic tools have helped to change our approach to crop improvement. In the years preceding now, Plant breeding has been very successful in developing …