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Harnessing Indigenous Knowledge for Climate-Smart Agri-Food Systems: A Review of Adaptation Strategies, Food Security, Ecosystem Services, Governance, and Digital Innovation in Sub-Saharan Africa

Sub-Saharan Africa (SSA) faces escalating climate challenges that threaten agricultural productivity, food security, ecosystem sustainability, and rural livelihoods. Indigenous knowledge (IK), developed through generations of interaction with local environments, offers context-sp...

Predicting and optimizing energy efficiency in buildings: a multi-output machine learning framework with explainability and constrained optimization

Purpose Nine multi-output regression models were compared for simultaneous HL and CL prediction, supplemented by domain-informed feature engineering, SHapley Additive exPlanations (SHAP explainability), robustness testing and a calibrated physics baseline comparison. The best-per...

Assessing the nexus between food insecurity and economic shocks: Evidence from agricultural households in north-east Nigeria

Food insecurity remains a significant global problem, particularly in low-income countries, where households are consistently exposed to economic shocks. These economic disruptions reduce the productivity of farm families, exacerbating their food insecurity. This research analyse...

Artificial Intelligence, Climate Governance, and Environmental Justice: Comparative Perspectives from the United Kingdom and Africa

Abstract This paper examines the recent role of artificial intelligence (AI) in climate governance and its impacts on environmental justice with the United Kingdom and Africa as a comparative case study. As AI is increasingly incorporated into environmental monitoring and climate...

Artificial Intelligence, Climate Governance, and Environmental Justice: Comparative Perspectives from the United Kingdom and Africa

Abstract This paper examines the recent role of artificial intelligence (AI) in climate governance and its impacts on environmental justice with the United Kingdom and Africa as a comparative case study. As AI is increasingly incorporated into environmental monitoring and climate...

Impact of Labour Market and Manufacturing Sector on Economic Growth in Nigeria

This study examines the impact of the labour market and the manufacturing sector on Nigeria's economic growth from 1993 to 2023. Time series data was used while Solow-Swan growth model and Dynamic Ordinary Least Square (DOLS) analysis were adopted for the processing of the data....

Impact of particulate matter and heavy metals emissions from automotive painting booths on ambient air quality

This study investigated the particulate and heavy metal emissions arising from automotive paint applications. A total of 22 sampling locations, represented as AQ1 - AQ22 for this study. Concentrations of particulate matters were determined using Aerocet 831 particle counter while...

Atmospheric dispersion modelling of black carbon and PM₂.₅ emissions from an iron and steel plant in Ilorin, Nigeria

The iron and steel sector is one of the most aerosol-intensive branches of heavy manufacturing. In Nigeria, where environmental monitoring infrastructure remains sparse and industrial compliance enforcement is still developing, facilities such as the steel production plant in Ilo...