The present study investigates the effect of foliar fertilization on the yield and biomass of maize seedlings. Maize seedlings were grown in a nutrient solution containing macro- and micro-nutrients and thereafter, fertilizer solutions were applied on leaf surface under high yiel...
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Research Article10.9734/AJSSPN/2017/33573
Aims: To appreciate the evolution of weight gain by malnourished children and factors associated to children underweight after the Positive Deviance/Hearth sessions. Study Design: Longitudinal study. Place and Duration of Study: Districts Ze and Lalo (Southern Benin), from May to...
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Research Article10.9734/IJTDH/2017/33539
Daniel Schwantes, Affonso Celso Gonçalves Jr, Alfredo Richart, Luiz Schulz, Jéssica Manfrin, Andréia da Paz Schiller & Eduardo Schulz·International Journal of Plant & Soil Science·2017
The high concentration of N, P and other components present in sludge from wastewater treatment plants make it economically interesting the application in agricultural crop, as soil biofertilizer. The objective of this study was to evaluate the influence of the application of bio...
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Research Article10.9734/IJPSS/2017/33549
The first step in making the exploitation of wildlife more sustainable is to determine the sustainability of current levels of harvest. This has two components: determining the offtake from an area; determining the effect this offtake has on the species concerned. Investigations...
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Research Article10.9734/JSRR/2017/31600
Inadequate information on the status of agricultural lands can lead to misuse, mismanagement and degradation. Hence, the need for proper assessment methods for effective land management and sustainable production. This study was set out to characterize, conduct suitability evalua...
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Research Article10.9734/JAERI/2017/31943
Tropical soils are generally fragile and hence highly degraded due to such factors as low organic matter content, dominance of low activity clay, high susceptibility to erosion etc. Coupled with this, there is population pressure on the limited land and this has become a great ch...
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Research Article10.9734/IJPSS/2016/22136
The analysis of loan portfolio management for financial profitability and sustainability of MFIs in Rwanda, Teachers saving and Credit (UMWALIMU SACCO) has been taken as a pilot in this paper which covered the period of 2010-2014. This paper with aim of answering problem statemen...
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Research Article10.9734/BJEMT/2016/29391
Aims: The objective of this paper was to detect spatial change in the village of Shoeshay in Menoufia governorate, Egypt. The study focused on change in the residential area through the period 2003 – 2015, and some other aspects of spatial change. Study Design: The study is a cas...
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Research Article10.9734/AJAEES/2016/28533
Aims: Evaluate the water savings potential and financial viability of water saving measures in in higher education buildings Study Design: The study follows an observational approach to characterize the current performance of existing buildings in terms of water consumption and e...
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Research Article10.9734/BJECC/2016/23729
Aims: In this period of economic quandary, Nigeria needs to make workable and precise economic policies and decisions based on accurate information in all sectors of the economy. However, dearth of empirical study on construction sector for economic decisions has made this aspira...
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Research Article10.9734/BJAST/2016/26268
Aims: To assess buildings and their subsequent impact on land and energy use to validate campus sustainability. Study Design: A survey. Place of Study: Department of Vocational & Technical Education, University of Cape Coast. Methodology: A questionnaire was administered t...
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Research Article10.9734/BJAST/2016/25553
Climate observations are essential for understanding the complexities of the global climate system; indeed virtually all breakthroughs that have been made in understanding climate have come from observations. Observations provide critical benchmarks for testing and further develo...
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Research Article10.9734/JGEESI/2016/25958
The study examined the benefits of agroforestry practices among farmers in South West Nigeria. It highlighted the extent of agroforestry, the ownership and management of agroforestry practices, the utilization and sustainability of the practices, the benefits derived from agrofor...
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Research Article10.9734/AJAEES/2016/23464
The introduction focuses on the history of the three key terms in this review: environmental science, development and sustainability. The other two sections are devoted to sustainability in environmental science and sustainability in development. The problem-solving interdiscipli...
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Research Article10.9734/ARRB/2016/23760
This study investigated the impact of oil exploitation on wetland and livelihood sustainability in Ogbia Local Government Area of Bayelsa State, Nigeria. The objectives were to: carry out an expository study of the first oil well at Oloibiri; examine the vegetation and soil of th...
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Research Article10.9734/JGEESI/2016/22943