The benefit derived from the creation of man-made lakes in Nigeria and other developing countries is usually associated with great risks. Whenever we establish a dam, it appears we dam the inherent consequences to the detriment of man and his environment. Debts were incurred by the countries concerned, man and animals were displaced, arable lands destroyed including degradation of forest and wi...

greenhouse gases emissions have increased during the last century due to human activities such as agricultural practices, fossil fuel burning and industrial practices. the formation of greenhouse gases, in particular n2o or co2 is strongly controlled by both soil temperature and soil humidity. laboratory experiment was conducted to assess the response of grassland and arable soils with regard t...

The effect of housing development and roads on the distribution of stone curlews in the Brecks. The effect of housing development and roads on the distribution of stone curlew 3 Summary We combine data describing the nest location of stone curlews with data on the locations of new housing, road data and traffic data to explore the effect of housing and roads on the spatial distribution of stone...

The rivers and water streams are considered as a source of fresh drinking for the human being on earth. main entering to these reservoirs is surface run off, snow melting underground water. at river’s mouth generally in form small which clean but they flow down catchment, pollutants nutrients start enter larger amounts due anthropogenic activities advanced land use by beings. As per inspection ...

The exponential growth in world population is feeding a steadily increasing global need for arable farmland, a resource that is already in high demand. This trend has led to increased farming on subprime arid and semi-arid lands, where limited availability of water and a host of environmental stresses often severely reduce crop productivity. The conventional approach to mitigating the abiotic s...

Aluminium (Al) toxicity is the main abiotic stress limiting plant productivity in acidic soils that are widely distributed among arable lands. Plant species differ in the level of Al resistance showing intraspecific and interspecific variation in many crop species. However, the origin of Al-tolerance is not well known. Three annual species, difficult to distinguish phenotypically and that were ...

Genome structure variation, including copy number variation and presence/absence variation, comprises a large extent of maize genetic diversity; however, its effect on phenotypes remains largely unexplored. Here, we describe how copy number variation underlies a rare allele that contributes to maize aluminum (Al) tolerance. Al toxicity is the primary limitation for crop production on acid soils...

Farmers’ practices in the management of agricultural landscapes influence biodiversity with implications for livelihoods, ecosystem service provision, and biodiversity conservation. In this study, we examined how smallholding farmers in an agricultureforest mosaic landscape in southwestern Ethiopia manage trees and forests with regard to a few selected ecosystem services and disservices that th...

Plant growth and yields are decreased by salinity, drought and other environmental stress conditions. Soil salinization is one of man’s oldest environmental disasters. The historic records show that many human civilizations declined because of the destruction of crop production by salinization of arable lands. Recent estimates suggest that about 20-25% of the world’s irrigated land is destroyed...