The aim of this paper is to critically analyze the food security apparatus within the artisanal and small-scale gold mining (ASGM) communities of Ikolomani in Kakamega County, Kenya. ASGM regions are often characterized by economies of speculation, land dispossession, ecosystem d...
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Research Article10.9734/ajarr/2024/v18i11797
This study analyzes maize production risk and technical efficiency in agricultural zone I in Taraba State, Nigeria. The study collected primary data from 299 randomly selected maize farmers during the 2022 farming season. The Cob-Douglas stochastic frontier production functions w...
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Research Article10.9734/ajarr/2024/v18i11798
This study was conducted in two districts of Tigray region, northern Ethiopia in 510 animals from 144 small holder farmers aimed to estimate morphological parameters and evaluate production traits, and inbreeding levels in Begait sheep. Data were collected between 2019 and 2022 a...
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Research Article10.9734/ajarr/2024/v18i11799
Reconnaissance tour, focus group discussion and semi-structured interview were used to generate the dataset from 144 randomly selected small holder Begait sheep owners in two districts of Tigrai region, namely Tahtayadyabo and Kaftahumera, Ethiopia. The study was made to understa...
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Research Article10.9734/ajarr/2024/v18i11796
The number of food insecure people may not have changed much despite the global campaigns especially in Africa where for centuries people dined and lived on natural, wild and organic food sources which supported their health and vitality although adjudged crude and inadequate. T...
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Research Article10.9734/ajarr/2024/v18i11795
This study assessed the instructional practices of public elementary teachers in planning, teaching, and assessing relative to sex, age, length of teaching experience, educational attainment, and current teaching position. It also determined their self-efficacy in behavioral mana...
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Research Article10.9734/ajarr/2024/v18i11793
Many studies done on families and hospitals have shown a high prevalence of children's mental illnesses. Due to discrimination and stigmatization connected to mental illness in children, few parents take their children to hospitals for complaints that are related to emotional and...
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Research Article10.9734/ajarr/2024/v18i11794
Pangandaran Regency is a leading salted fish production center in Indonesia, with jambal roti salted fish as a superior product that uses manyung fish as raw material. This study aims to analyze the development of jambal roti products by SR MSMEs in Pangandaran. Qualitative data...
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Research Article10.9734/ajarr/2024/v18i11792
Aims: To standardize and develop candy incorporated with ginger and supplemented with beetroot pomace powder and assess the nutrient composition, physiochemical parameters, phytochemical properties, examining of the supplemented hard candies using Scanning Electron Microscope and...
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Research Article10.9734/ajarr/2024/v18i11791
This study aims to analyze long-term rainfall trends and change points in Owerri, Nigeria, to understand climate change impacts on local precipitation patterns. The study utilized daily annual maximum series (AMS) rainfall data spanning 31 years (1992-2022). The Indian Meteorolog...
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Research Article10.9734/ajarr/2024/v18i11790
Radio signal transmission is significantly impacted by the troposphere's complexity. As a result, refractivity gradients has been a crucial parameter for path clearance estimation and propagation effects including ducting, super-refraction, and sub-refraction. Through empirical f...
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Research Article10.9734/ajarr/2024/v18i11789
Aims: Exploitation of bone waste to extract a vital material of high economic value. Study Design: The type of research is experimental. Place and Duration of Study: Department of Physics Education, Kristen Indonesia University, Jakarta, between March 2024 and September 2024. Met...
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Research Article10.9734/ajarr/2024/v18i11788
Water is a vital resource required for agriculture, industry, ecosystems and human life. However, Iraq faces severe water quality challenges due to pollution. Climate change urbanization and agricultural runoff which affected the Tigris and Euphrates rivers. This study uses geosp...
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Research Article10.9734/ajarr/2024/v18i11786
Environmental Management Systems (EMS) were of less significant focus in the earlier times because of the less degradation the industrial activities caused to the environment. However, the EMS evolved over time due to a variety of factors, including changing consumer demands, reg...
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Research Article10.9734/ajarr/2024/v18i11787
This study assessed the information needs and information-seeking behavior of youth farmers engaged in various agricultural activities in Kyerwa District, Tanzania. Employing a mixed-methods research approach, data were collected through structured questionnaires and interviews,...
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Research Article10.9734/ajarr/2024/v18i11785