Aim: To assess environmental management practices carried out by both tobacco farmers and companies. Methodology: Purposive sampling was employed for data collection where by tobacco farmers were randomly selected from the population. Sub-county Forest Officer and two field offic...
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Research Article10.9734/ACRI/2017/32256
Aim: The aim of the experiment was to evaluate the influence of different cowdung manure rates of application on growth and leaf yield performance of spider plant (Cleone gynandra L.). Study Design: The experiment was laid out in a randomized complete block design (RCBD) with fou...
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Research Article10.9734/ACRI/2017/32703
Due to the population increase over the world, every field and every of a department of life are updating themselves to increase the efficiency and output product. So the development of agriculture and agriculture-related sections must also be developed. Lack of rain and ultimate...
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Research Article10.9734/ACRI/2017/31416
The main objective of the present investigation was to estimate combining ability, genetic variance components and heritability of 12 morphologic traits of maize under water stress (WS) and well watering (WW) at flowering stage. Fifteen F1 genotypes of incomplete diallel crosses...
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Research Article10.9734/ACRI/2017/32618
The study on the factors influencing men to joining farmers’ groups was carried out at Morogoro Region, Tanzania in 2008. The objectives of the study were to identify reasons influencing or hindering men from joining farmers’ groups; and to determine factors that would motivate m...
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Research Article10.9734/ACRI/2017/32109
Aims: The study assessed the portability as well as the suitability for use in irrigation of water samples from mine ponds, streams, wells and boreholes of selected cassiterite mine sites in Plateau State of Nigeria. Study Design: Experimental design was used in the sampling and...
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Research Article10.9734/ACRI/2017/32323
Aim: This work was carried out to test the inhibitory ability of the plant extract on some human pathogens, to identify the fungi associated with yam tuber rot in Nigeria, to evaluate the antifungal activity of methanol extract of Annona muricata (30 mg/ml) leaf along with mancoz...
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Research Article10.9734/ACRI/2017/31929
This study investigates the relationship between carbon dioxide (CO2) emissions and renewable energy production. In particular, the analysis considers whether there is a uniform relationship between CO2emissions and renewable energy production in the United States. The study uses...
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Research Article10.9734/ACRI/2017/30483
Water constitutes a vital element of household food security for humans and livestock. Therefore, the general objective of this study was to establish the ease of water access, water scarcity and coping strategies used by rural communities in selected study sites of Makueni (Kili...
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Research Article10.9734/ACRI/2016/28535
Aims: To assess the suitability of the Athi River water for irrigation in Athi River area and its environs. Study Design: The study design was purposive with sampling points deliberately chosen to assess the water quality of the Athi River within the study area. Place and Duratio...
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Research Article10.9734/ACRI/2016/31995
Noise induced hearing loss is a long known occupational hazard. The hearing loss is usually irreversible but preventable. The purpose of this study is to determine the impact of noise pollution on the hearing capability of industrial workers in Lagos State, Southwest, Nigeria. Th...
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Research Article10.9734/ACRI/2016/29605
Aim: To investigate the morphological variations in the accessions of Colocasia esculenta and Xanthosoma maffafa exposed to two oilfield chemicals. Study Design: The Randomized Complete Block Design was used for this study. Place and Duration of Study: The Ecological Research Cen...
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Research Article10.9734/ACRI/2016/31246
Strain has been analyzed from the metamorphic spots within deformed schist and phyllite in the Igarra schist belt, southwestern Nigeria. Strain magnitudes were obtained by using the graph of length against width of spots, Harmonic mean (H), and the Rf/ø technique. The values of s...
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Research Article10.9734/ACRI/2016/30937
Aims: The aim of this study is to assess the availability of steam and gas turbine units of a thermal power station using Markovian Approach. Place and Duration of Study: Operational data from 2003 to 2012 were collected from a thermal power station in Nigeria. These raw data rep...
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Research Article10.9734/ACRI/2016/30240
Aims: To select appropriate material and undertake fluid flow analysis of parallel flow heat exchanger. Methodology: Dynamic simulation study was performed to evaluate conditions of heat transfer of water through heat exchanger using ASPEN HYSYS. Cambridge Education Selector (CES...
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Research Article10.9734/ACRI/2016/30239