In the light of the poor performance of the Nigerian economy since independence despite the huge mineral, material and human endowment, as well as the accelerating dynamics of the global economy, this study was set out to examine the economic importance of palm crude oil production in Nigeria. ...
201). In the Calabar Conference held in Nigeria from 2 to 5 November 2013, participants (community members, civil society organizations from Europe, Africa, the Americas, and Asia) issued the Calabar Declaration, finding that MNCs which have developed large-scale monocultures have increased poverty...
The use of herbal medicines and herbal products has significantly increased in recent times and contributes to the socioeconomic sustainability of the rural and suburban populace. The socioeconomic importance of herbal medicine includes addressing health issues, revenue generation, cultural development, insi...
Research has been showing a trend in rising temperature and increasing occurrence of extreme heatwaves since the 1950s1,2. This continuous pattern raises concerns about the potential impacts of climate change and its associated socioeconomic costs. Notable effects of heat stress are on human health ...
Limes as a fruit crop are of great economic importance, key to Asian and South American cuisines and cultivated in nearly all tropical and subtropical regions of the world. Demand for limes is increasing, driven by World Health Organization recommendations. Pests and pathogens have significantly redu...
Anxiety over fossil fuel subsidies has increased, since the importance of fossil fuel as sources of both energy and pollutants.The fossil fuel subsidy is considered as a primary stimulant of environmental problems,not only from the pollution produced by extravagant fossil fuel combustion of industry ...
Increase in demand for crude oil, petrochemicals and natural gas have resulted in exploration for more oil wells in Niger Delta Region of Nigeria with consequent pollution of the environment. The terrestrial ecosystem and shorelines in t... Nwadinigwe,A Chukwuemeka,Udo,... 被引量: 3发表: 201...
In Nigeria, for instance, obesity's impact on the economy is 0.7 percent of GDP, McKinsey Global Institute Overcoming obesity: An initial economic analysis ranking as the 13th-largest economic burden; in Indonesia, it has a 1.0 ...
Iporin a rural area in Ibadan, Nigeria which is endowed with an average daily solar radiation of 3.84 kWh/m2/day was taken as a case study. The total daily consumption which was initially estimated as 297 kWh/day after the application of DSM techniques dropped to 130 kWh/day representing ...
African Case Study: Palm Oil and Economic Development in Nigeria and Ghana; Recommendations for the World Bank's 2010 Palm Oil Strategy (August 2010)Ayodele, T. (2010). African Case Study: Palm Oil and Economic Development in Nigeria and Ghana: Recommendations for the...