The continuously intensifying human population growth has led to the demand for clean water to be steeply increased while the gap between water demand and supply is getting wider. Therefore, this study involved the fabrication ...

In an attempt to minimize the energy consumption and carbon footprint associated with the production of cement, several potential alternative binders have been proposed to partially replace cement in concrete. Cement ...

Ocimum gratissimum (Scent leaf) is an aromatic plant that has been used in traditional medicine for the treatment of many diseases. Essential oil from the leaves have been proven to possess antioxidants, antiseptics, ...

Energy consumption and global carbon have increased worldwide, reinvigorating worries about potential depletion of fossil fuel and scarcity of petroleum reserves. Such increase, accompanied by increment of geopolitical ...

Pachira glabra is one of the many underutilized oil plants in the tropics. The oil seed is commonly processed by boiling or roasting and consumed as snacks or hot drink for consumption. In this study, the mature seeds ...

The use of corrosion inhibitors is one of the effective methods employed in mitigating corrosion of mild steel in process, oil and gas industries. However, the toxicity of the majority of the inhibitors commonly used ...

The study was conducted to analyze the farmers and pastoralist’s conflict nexus in Ekiti State, Nigeria. A multi – stage sampling technique was used to select 130 respondents (104 farmers and 26 pastoralists) who were ...

Value chain and value addition is a contemporary veritable tool to achieving food security. Hence, this study examined the involvement of farmers and other value chain actors in rice value addition in Ekiti state, Nigeria. ...

Minerals and nutrients synthesized at nano size from extracts of plants with medicinal properties have been shown to have beneficial impact on growth, immune-stimulation and overall health of fish and with limited ...