Livestock plays a vital role in the Indian rural economy by contributing to household income, employment, and nutritional security. However, adoption of scientific livestock management practices remains inconsistent across different regions. The study was conducted in the Hamirpu...
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Research Article10.9734/jaeri/2026/v27i3748
The global transition towards sustainable energy systems necessitates the exploration of renewable alternatives to fossil fuels. Agricultural waste represents a substantial yet underutilised resource for bioenergy production, with energy pellet manufacturing emerging as a promisi...
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Research Article10.9734/jaeri/2026/v27i2746
This study assessed the floristic composition, family dominance, and life-form spectrum of weeds associated with the irrigated Sorghum agro-ecosystem. The study area covered 22,500m2 and was divided into three blocks, each measuring 300x 25 m (700,500m2). A 1x1 m quadrat was used...
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Research Article10.9734/jaeri/2026/v27i2745
In Ghana, maize is a major cereal crop that grows and consumes a lot. However, its output is limited by low soil fertility and inappropriate fertilizer application. This study aimed to investigate the influence of NPKSMgZnB fertilizer rates on grain yield, nutrient uptake, and ma...
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Research Article10.9734/jaeri/2026/v27i2743
Community-managed forests play a critical role in biodiversity conservation, ecosystem functioning, and climate change mitigation in the Himalayan region. Under the Van Panchayat system of Uttarakhand, forests are managed through local institutions with varying degrees of protect...
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Research Article10.9734/jaeri/2026/v27i2744
Municipal solid waste (MSW) leachate is increasingly being explored as a low-cost soil amendment due to its high nutrient content. This study evaluated the effects of MSW leachate (MSWL) application on soil properties and heavy metal accumulation in some cereals and millets. The...
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Research Article10.9734/jaeri/2026/v27i2742
Timely weed control is essential in row-crop production, yet conventional manual and fuel based systems are often constrained by labor scarcity, high operating cost and ergonomic drudgery. This study aimed to develop and evaluate a manually guided battery-operated inter- row we...
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Research Article10.9734/jaeri/2026/v27i2741
The study assessed the effects of rural women associations’ activities on marketing of cassava by products in Oyigbo Local Government area, Rivers State, Nigeria. Two stage sampling procedure was employed for the selection of ninety (90) respondents for the research study. The da...
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Research Article10.9734/jaeri/2026/v27i2740
India serves 18% of the global human population and 15% of the livestock population with 2.4% of the world's land area. The Green Revolution in India began in mid-1960s by M.S. Swaminathan and successfully increased crop yields. But long-term chemical fertilizer application in ag...
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Research Article10.9734/jaeri/2026/v27i2738
Thermal stress is one of the major environmental constraints affecting silkworm productivity and silk quality, particularly under tropical and sub-tropical conditions. The present study was conducted at SKUAST-Jammu in the year 2022 using Completely Randomized Design (CRD) with t...
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Research Article10.9734/jaeri/2026/v27i2739
Sustaining soil fertility in maize producing areas in Kilifi County is a major challenge. The high cost of inorganic fertilizers, shortened fallow period and poor vegetation regrowth has adversely affected natural processes that replenish soil fertility resulting in poor yields....
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Research Article10.9734/jaeri/2026/v27i2737
The present study aimed to evaluate the effect of various natural fertilizers on growth and seed yield of wheat plants. Field experiments were conducted during the 2023 cropping season. A split-plot experimental design with three replications was used. The first factor was fertil...
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Research Article10.9734/jaeri/2026/v27i2736
Inoussa Maman Maarouhi, Moussa Soulé, Bormo Soukaradji, Moussa Sounna Abdourahamane, Abdoulaye Abdou Siradji, Ali Ado, Douma SOUMANA, Bakasso Yacoubou & Mahamane Ali·Journal of Agriculture and Ecology Research International·2026
Plant biodiversity plays a vital role in providing various benefits which affect positively the life of people mostly in dryland region like Niger. Many studies exist about the types of the ecosystems, their floristic composition and their functions but there is scarcity of studi...
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Research Article10.9734/jaeri/2026/v27i1735
Ber (Ziziphus mauritiana Lam.) is a vital agroforestry species, particularly suited for cultivation in semi-arid ecosystems, owing to its multifaceted economic, nutritional, and ecological significance. Haryana's semi-arid to arid climate offers an optimal environment for Ber cul...
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Research Article10.9734/jaeri/2026/v27i1734
This paper fills in the key gaps in the field of agricultural machine learning by comparing the performance of the Support Vector Machine (SVM), the Random Forest (RF) and the Decision Tree (DT) algorithms to predict the yield of maize in various locations in the U.S. Corn Belt....
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Research Article10.9734/jaeri/2026/v27i1733