Trees growing outside legally recorded forest boundaries, commonly termed trees outside forests, constitute a substantial and expanding share of India's total tree cover, spanning farm bunds, homesteads, community lands, roadsides, canal banks and urban settings. Although forests...
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Research Article10.9734/ajraf/2026/v12i3523
Background: Agriculture is the primary livelihood source for most households in South Sudan, yet maize productivity and rural incomes remain low despite government- and donor-supported interventions. Input subsidy programmes have been widely promoted as mechanisms for improving a...
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Research Article10.9734/ajraf/2026/v12i3522
Lignin is the second most abundant terrestrial biopolymer and the largest natural reservoir of renewable aromatic carbon. Historically discarded or combusted as a low-value by-product of pulping and biorefining operations, lignin is increasingly recognised as a versatile feedstoc...
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Research Article10.9734/ajraf/2026/v12i3521
Rivers have long supported human settlements by providing fertile soils, water for daily use and routes for movement and trade. The Jia Bharali River, known as the Kameng River in Arunachal Pradesh, is a major tributary of the Brahmaputra and flows through Tezpur town in Assam. I...
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Research Article10.9734/ajraf/2026/v12i3520
Younfa Abdou Mourtala, Illo Souley Mahaman Hamissou, Hamani Noma Abdoul-Latif, Moussa Soulé, Ibrahim Adamou Maman Laouali, Mahamane Adamou, Soumana Douma & Soumana Idrissa·Asian Journal of Research in Agriculture and Forestry·2026
Vitex doniana Sweet is an important multipurpose tree species used by rural communities in the Dosso Partial Wildlife Reserve, Niger. This study documented local knowledge of its uses and identified the main factors perceived to affect its conservation in the reserve. Ethnobotani...
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Research Article10.9734/ajraf/2026/v12i3519
The declining carrying capacity of the Bengkulu Watershed has reduced ecological functions and threatened the sustainability of local community livelihoods. Forest and land rehabilitation through agroforestry systems is one policy response to this condition. However, agroforestry...
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Research Article10.9734/ajraf/2026/v12i3518
Land use and land cover change (LULCC) is a major driver of environmental transformation, particularly in fragile mountainous ecosystems where increasing human pressures accelerate ecological degradation. In the Bamboutos Mountains of Cameroon, the Nduh Nkemlepè watershed has exp...
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Research Article10.9734/ajraf/2026/v12i3515
The utilisation of alternative feed ingredients, particularly leaf meals, in broiler diets has gained increasing research attention because of their potential nutritional and economic benefits. Editan (Lasianthera africana) leaf meal is a novel feed ingredient that is rich in cru...
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Research Article10.9734/ajraf/2026/v12i3516
Urban trees provide important ecosystem services, including carbon sequestration, air pollution mitigation, temperature regulation and biodiversity conservation, and they can support public health and urban climate adaptation. In rapidly urbanising cities such as Kano Metropolis,...
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Research Article10.9734/ajraf/2026/v12i3517
Background: Mangrove forests provide important ecological and livelihood services, including carbon sequestration, coastal protection, biodiversity conservation, and support for coastal communities. Despite restoration and conservation initiatives in Tanzania and elsewhere, mangr...
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Research Article10.9734/ajraf/2026/v12i3514