Sweet potato as a food crop that is grown for both its tuberous roots and vegetative parts, the latter of which also serves as animal feed. Its production in the savanna regions can be limited by high…

Long-term surface coal mining near agricultural zones can degrade arable land and reduce soil productivity. This study evaluated the effects of extended coal mining on sandy soil properties in three…

Abstract Deforestation has persistently undermined forests' critical role in providing environmental services and livelihood support. In developing countries like Nigeria, small-scale agriculture…

Abstract Introduction Poor living conditions and poverty in urban slums mean that informal health providers (IHPs) often dominate health service provision in such settings. We explored the capacity of…

This study analysed rural-urban differentials in the utilisation of Artificial Intelligence (AI) for improved crop production among farmers in Nigeria. It specifically examined the level of awareness…

Abstract The underrepresentation of women in Nigeria’s formal small and medium food enterprise (SMEs) sector, despite their vital role in subsistence farming and household food production, presents a…

Cooperative societies have increasingly been acknowledged as a perilous institution for driving socio-economic development, especially in emerging nations like Nigeria. Cooperatives being owned and…

The low fertility status of the highly weathered tropical soils offers the opportunity to study the potential and optimum application rate of biochar as an organic soil amendment, especially for the…

Access to contraceptives in South Africa has been hindered by a number of multifaceted challenges, encompassing disruptions in supply chains, healthcare system strain, and shifts in policy priorities…

Abstract We investigate how a group of women smallholder farmers built a food system alongside the industrial and the corporate-state-led global agri-food system. The paper shows how the adoption of…