Teacher psychological well-being is an important concern for educational quality, particularly in contexts where teachers experience heavy workloads, role overload and limited institutional support. This study examined the mediating role of school head management practices in the...
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Research Article10.9734/ajess/2026/v52i73214
Shared leadership may strengthen instructional practice by involving teachers in decision-making, professional development, and school improvement. This study investigated shared leadership strategies and teachers’ instructional effectiveness in Kigamboni Municipal Council, Tanza...
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Research Article10.9734/ajess/2026/v52i73215
Institutional factors significantly influence girls’ academic achievement by shaping the quality of learning environments, teaching practices, school leadership, and resource availability. Despite government efforts to improve girls’ education in Kenya, performance gaps persist,...
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Research Article10.9734/ajess/2026/v52i73216
Girls’ performance in national examinations remains a critical concern in marginalised regions of Kenya, particularly in Wajir County, where persistent socio-cultural barriers continue to undermine academic achievement. Deeply entrenched gender norms, early marriage practices, re...
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Research Article10.9734/ajess/2026/v52i73217
Mung bean (Vigna radiata), introduced into Burkina Faso in the 1980s, remains underused in rural production systems. This study evaluated the response of the Benga tigré variety to fertilisation and sowing density to identify a suitable management combination under the conditions...
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Research Article10.9734/jeai/2026/v48i84376
Animal intrusion in agricultural fields can contribute to crop damage and financial loss, while many conventional deterrent methods are labour-intensive, inconsistent or unsuitable for non-lethal field protection. This study evaluated a low-cost image-detection system based on ES...
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Research Article10.9734/jeai/2026/v48i84377
Agriculture and agrifood systems are important contributors to anthropogenic greenhouse gas emissions, with emissions arising from livestock, rice cultivation, land-use change, crop-residue burning and fossil-fuel use. This narrative review evaluates organic farming as a possible...
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Research Article10.9734/ijecc/2026/v16i85569
Composting is a biological process that supports the recycling of agricultural and green wastes into organic amendments. This study evaluated changes in microbial load and selected physicochemical parameters during the composting of grass clippings and cocoa pod husks. A compost...
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Research Article10.9734/jeai/2026/v48i84378
This study evaluates the physicochemical properties of drinking-water resources in Gram Panchayat Bajuri, Hamirpur District, Himachal Pradesh, to assess their suitability for human consumption. Five water samples collected from different sources, namely a handpump, three stepwell...
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Research Article10.9734/ijecc/2026/v16i85570
Background: This study evaluated the health status of Nile tilapia (Oreochromis niloticus) reared in an integrated fish–lettuce pond system compared with that of fish reared in a conventional monoculture pond system in Côte d’Ivoire. Methodology: Water-quality parameters measured...
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Research Article10.9734/ijecc/2026/v16i85571
Groundwater is a critical source of irrigation and domestic water in regions where surface-water availability is seasonally variable. This study assessed groundwater potential in the Appapuram canal command area, Guntur district, Andhra Pradesh, India, for the period 2012–13 to 2...
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Research Article10.9734/ijecc/2026/v16i85572
Soil organic carbon (SOC) is a central component of soil health and a major terrestrial carbon reservoir that influences nutrient cycling, soil structure, water retention, biological activity and crop productivity. Indian agricultural soils have experienced SOC depletion because...
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Research Article10.9734/ijecc/2026/v16i85573
Consumer trust in food safety has become a critical concern worldwide, particularly in aquatic product supply chains where information asymmetry and fraud risks are pronounced. Drawing on signalling theory and trust theory, this study develops and empirically tests a multi-path m...
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Research Article10.9734/sajsse/2026/v23i71360
This study determined the impact of carbon intensity on economic growth in selected SADC countries (South Africa, Botswana, Namibia, and Mozambique). Carbon intensity was defined as carbon emissions per unit of GDP, while the analysis controlled for other traditional inputs (labo...
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Research Article10.9734/sajsse/2026/v23i81361
This study examines disaster-mitigation behaviour among creative economy small and medium-sized enterprises (SMEs) in a volcanic hazard-prone area and assesses the associations of demographic capacity, economic resources, technology access, and business-sector characteristics wit...
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Research Article10.9734/sajsse/2026/v23i81362