Environmental changes place severe pressure on individuals and societies. Vulnerable
segments of the population, especially children, are likely to be first affected. We examine …

The rapid demand for wood products globally has put pressure on natural forests. Therefore,
global efforts are now being directed toward establishing plantation forests to fill the wood …

The near-term performance efficiency in predicting the dry and wet years in the West African
monsoon (WAM) season (May to October) has been studied from 1979 to 2050 using the …

As the human population increases, land cover is converted from vegetation to urban
development, causing increased runoff from precipitation events. Additional runoff leads to …

By developing meta-frontier efficiency and structural equation models, the paper examines
whether farm economic viability is positively associated with technical efficiency in a highly …

Climate change presents a significant threat to both human livelihoods and environmental
sustainability. As the impact of climate extremities continues to reshape the livelihoods of …

The conditions for strategic health communication campaigns as a public health tool are
examined for low-income contexts. The theoretical framework drafts a socioecological model …

Understanding demographic structures, production constraints, and trait preferences is
essential for setting up crop breeding goals and enhancing adoption strategies for new …

Situated on the tip of a mountainous peninsula jutting out into the Atlantic Ocean off the west
coast of Africa, the city of Freetown, Sierra Leone, receives an extraordinarily high rainfall …

The patas monkey (Erythrocebus patas) is endemic to tropical Africa and includes three
recognized subspecies (pyrrhonotus, patas, villiersi). This paper presents evidence to …