Soil supplies most of the mineral nutrients for plant growth through the plant’s root system. The need to determine the soil nutrient supplying capacity of the soil at Idi-Apa, Oke-Oyi area of Kwara State, Nigeria for groundnut cultivation is of major concern before embarking on...
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Research Article10.9734/ajraf/2022/v8i430162
Compaction is one of the major threats to soil sustainability as it can have negative effects on soil physical properties. Therefore, field experiments were conducted at Ladoke Akintola University of Technology Teaching and Research Farm, Ogbomoso, Southwestern Nigeria, in 2015 a...
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Research Article10.9734/asrj/2022/v6i230129
This research was conducted to analyze the soil physico-chemical properties of Shonga Irrigation Scheme to ascertain its suitability for rice production. The study was carried out in the dry season of 2019. Disturbed soil samples were collected from the 0–15 and 15–30 cm soil lay...
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Research Article10.9734/ajraf/2022/v8i130148
The importance of irrigation practice in food production cannot be over-emphasised, however irrigation practices impact soils and other environmental parameters negatively. This necessitates the need for continuous monitoring of the impacts of irrigation on soils and the general...
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Research Article10.9734/jerr/2022/v23i217594
Eutrophication, salinization, hypoxia, and toxic algae, among other environmental damages are costly consequences of agricultural drainage water (ADW), and therefore poses a threat to ecological biodiversity, food security and agriculture sustainability. This work aimed to assess...
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Research Article10.9734/air/2022/v23i330333
Nutrients and organic pollutants draining from agricultural fields are the leading sources of surface water quality impairment. Activated carbon (AC) produced from agricultural crop residues has great success in the sequestration of hazardous substances from wastewaters. This stu...
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Research Article10.9734/acri/2022/v22i530291