Aims: To determine the optimum relative planting time for intercropping sugarcane (Saccharum officinarum L.) and maize (Zea mays L.) that minimises interspecific competition and maximises yield, land-use efficiency, and economic returns. Study Design: A randomised complete block...
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Research Article10.9734/ajraf/2026/v12i4543
Exploration of fruit tree-vegetable-based agroforestry systems is pivotal for combating climate change, meeting nutritional demands, ensuring food security, and improving economic profitability. From December 2020 to April 2021, an experiment was carried out in a 21-year-old aonl...
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Research Article10.9734/ajraf/2026/v12i4542
Land degradation is currently one of the major environmental challenges in mountain ecosystems of sub-Saharan Africa. In the Bamboutos Mountains, the Nduh Nkemlepè River watershed is experiencing increasing pressures associated with the intensification of human activities and the...
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Research Article10.9734/ajraf/2026/v12i4540
Montane ecosystems are increasingly threatened by land-use and land-cover changes driven by agricultural expansion, resource extraction, demographic pressure, and other human activities, with important implications for biodiversity conservation and ecosystem functioning. The Moun...
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Research Article10.9734/ajraf/2026/v12i4541
Urban expansion is among the principal drivers of land-use and land-cover (LULC) change in tropical secondary cities, converting forest and agricultural land into built-up area and eroding the ecosystem services on which surrounding populations depend. This study applied a mixed...
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Research Article10.9734/ajraf/2026/v12i4539
Regression models were developed and validated to relate stump diameter to diameter at breast height (DBH) for selected timber species in Erukot Forest, Oban Division of the Cross River National Park, Nigeria, and were subsequently applied to tree-volume estimation. The assessmen...
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Research Article10.9734/ajraf/2026/v12i4537
Aims: To examine the spatio-temporal variation in cropping intensity and irrigation intensity across the 12 districts of Himachal Pradesh, India, during 1990–91, 2005–06, and 2020–21. Study Design: District-level quantitative analysis using secondary agricultural statistics, GIS-...
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Research Article10.9734/ajraf/2026/v12i4538
Preliminary field evaluation was conducted in the Trans-Ganga region of Prayagraj district, Uttar Pradesh, to assess early growth among 40 elite Eucalyptus camaldulensis clones relative to a seedling control. The trial was established in three replications under uniform silvicult...
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Research Article10.9734/ajraf/2026/v12i4536
Rice farming in drought-prone north-western Bangladesh is experiencing an uneven transition from mature mechanisation in land preparation and post-harvest operations to selective adoption of advanced labour- and water-saving technologies. This study examines the patterns, intensi...
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Research Article10.9734/ajraf/2026/v12i4535
The study was to characterise the diameter distribution structure of the Ofutet Teak Plantation, evaluate fitted probability distribution functions for describing and predicting DBH, and assess models for projecting key stand attributes.This study was carried out at Dr Ofutet’s T...
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Research Article10.9734/ajraf/2026/v12i3534
In Nigeria, agriculture operates mainly on a small scale and is almost entirely weather-dependent. Thus, farmers experience climate-related shocks whose consequences extend far beyond crop productivity to household income, welfare and livelihoods, making households vulnerable to...
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Research Article10.9734/ajraf/2026/v12i3533
Cashew productivity in northern Côte d’Ivoire is constrained by low soil fertility, creating a need to assess fertiliser responses in locally important planting material. In order to contribute to improving cashew productivity in Côte d’Ivoire, a field experiment was conducted in...
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Research Article10.9734/ajraf/2026/v12i3532
This study examined the price elasticity of household demand for Payment for Ecosystem Services (PES) among communities adjacent to Nandi South Forest in Nandi County, Kenya. Guided by the Contingent Valuation Method, the study adopted a descriptive quantitative design. The targe...
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Research Article10.9734/ajraf/2026/v12i3531
Poultry keeping is undertaken by the majority of rural households across low- and middle-income countries, yet the nutritional, environmental and health dimensions of smallholder systems remain fragmented across disciplinary literatures that rarely engage with one another. This c...
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Research Article10.9734/ajraf/2026/v12i3530
Aim: This study aimed to quantify the socio-economic importance of the Bloc Kébé research forest, East Cameroon) to riparian livelihoods by assessing non-timber forest products (NTFP) collection patterns, use types, income generation, and perceived dependency for food security an...
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Research Article10.9734/ajraf/2026/v12i3529