Identifying human activities which influence degradation of catchment forests offers input/solutions for its management to the benefit of communities who depend on resources from the forest. Data were collected in 4 villages using questionnaire, in-depth interviews and focused group discussions. Results revealed that the main human activities disturbing

Women play a significant and crucial role in agricultural development and allied fields including in the main crop production, livestock production, horticulture, post harvest activities, agro/social forestry, fisheries, etc. This fact has always been taken for granted and also long ignored.

This study examined the pollution levels in the coastal water resources and its socio-economic effects on the Iko Group of Communities. Water samples were collected from 19 locations and analyzed while socio-economic data were collected using questionnaire. The input data from laboratory analysis were correlated with socio-economic data using correlation and regression analyses.

Urban farming has for years served as a vital input in the livelihood strategies of urban households in Zimbabwe.

Most State governments and urban agencies have identified solid waste as a major problem that has reached proportions requiring drastic measures. The increasing problem of solid waste in Nigeria has become one of the most intractable environmental problems today.

The UN in the year 2000 enlisted improved access to potable water supply as one of the development goals to be achieved by 2015 in developing countries including Nigeria. This study therefore, examined the levels of
access to potable water supply in rural areas of Akwa Ibom State against the background of meeting the Millennium Development Goals (MDGs) in 2015.

The need to have quantitative means of probing anticipated rainfall is essential and inevitable for the purposes of planning and policy formulation. This paper attempts to present some results of an ongoing experiment on empirical prediction of seasonal rainfall in Nigeria. Rainfall in Nigeria is characterized by both latitudinal and longitudinal variations.

Many pesticides and chemicals are not biodegradable, and due to bioaccumulation, can enter into food chain and ultimately affect human and animal health. Environmental exposure of pesticides to humans through
ecosystems may be during cropping/ agriculture practices, consumption of food materials or air inhalation etc.

With population growth, massive pressure has been put on natural resources to produce more agricultural products, whilst million tons of agricultural products go to waste during agricultural process. The main purpose of the study was to investigate effective factors in apple waste in Zanjan Province, Iran.

Agriculture sector contributes a major portion in gross production of India. In spite of this, agriculture today is finding itself in increasing difficulties. The adverse impact of agriculture based on synthetic fertilizers and herbicides is visible in the degradation of soil fertility, quality of food, taste of food and so on.

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