Survey of Species Prafarence and Method of Charcoal Production in Kaduna, Nigeria.

Isah, Alhassan Danladi; Shamaki, S. B.; buda, Samaila; Adamu, Y.; Shehu, Abbakar muhammed; Umar, Lawal Abubakar; Muhammad, Murtala

doi:10.21203/rs.3.rs-730345/v1

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“…Socio-economic and demographic characteristics of households are important determinants of charcoal production and supply behavior [34,35,36]. Of the total household respondents, 59.3% and 40.7% of the households were male and female respectively (Table 2).…”

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Environmental Implications of Charcoal Production and Supply to Bonga Town: The Case of Kefa Zone, Southwest Ethiopia

Gebremeskel

Kassà

Mutatu

et al. 2023

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Charcoal production is one of the major challenges for sustainability management of natural forest in Ethiopia. The study aimed to quantify the amount of charcoal produced and supplied from Bonga town surrounding districts and estimate its implications on the environment. Field surveys, household surveys, key informant interviews and focus group discussions were done to collect charcoal production and supply data in the study area. The result revealed that on average a total of about 499 and 60728 bags of charcoal supplied to Bonga town every day and annually from the five major inlet sites, respectively. On average, 15 tons/day and 5448.8 tons/year of charcoals supplied to Bonga from five inlet sites of Gimbo and Decha districts. The tops three preferred wood tree species for charcoal production are Millettia ferruginea (Hochst.) Baker, Ehretum cymosa Thonn and Vepris daniellii (pichi-SerrnolIi) Kokwaro, of which two are endemic to Ethiopia. About 1,716,372 m3 of green wood, 1,492,497.4 m3 of dry wood and 71,071 trees were required on yearly basis from forest to produce and supply to Bonga town. Furthermore, 14,166.9 tons of CO2 equivalents emitted to the atmosphere per year due to charcoal production and supply in the study area. Thus, the high dependencies of the local community on the charcoal production and supply in the study area have negative effects on Kefa Biosphere reserve forest of Ethiopia and emit huge amount of greenhouse gas (CO2) into atmosphere. Hence, it is important to develop and implement an eco-friendly strategy that can simultaneously sustain the livelihoods of rural community, energy needs of urban dwellers and forest ecosystem of the region.

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Environmental Implications of Charcoal Production and Supply to Bonga Town: The Case of Kefa Zone, Southwest Ethiopia

Gebremeskel

Kassà

Mutatu

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“…Mg activates an important step in glycolysis and is a major parcel of bones. Cu is used in hemoglobin synthesis, and Zn is needed for functioning of several physiologic enzymes of the human body (Shehu et al, 2019;Gada & Ismaila, 2021).…”

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Levels of Proximate Compositions and Minerals (Na, K, Ca, Mg, Cu, and Zn) Present in Eucalyptus (Eucalyptus globulus) and Gingerbread Plum (Noecarya macrophylla) Leaves Collected from Sokoto Town

Sarkingobir,

Sulaiman

2023

Asian. J. of. Sci. Technol. Eng. Art.

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Sokoto state is been challenged with diverse array of problems such as food insecurity, malnutrition, poor healthcare. Thus, the need to search for locally available plant materials is intensified. The objective of this work was to conduct a phytochemical, proximate and Na, K, Ca, Mg, Cu, Zn (minerals) analysis of eucalyptus (Eucalyptus globulus) and gingerbread plum (Noecarya macrophylla) leaves using standard methods and materials of analytical grade. The proximate results revealed moisture of (7.10 ± 09), (7.73 ±0.3) ash (14.76 ± 0.2) (12.85 ± 0.11), crude lipid (1.38± 0.007) (1.46 ±0.02), crude fibre (2.42 ± 0.03) (2.54 ± 0.03), crude protein (5.66 ± 0.04) (7.3 ± 0.006), carbohydrates (68. 68 ± 0.31) (68.12 ± 0.23) for gingerbread plum and eucalyptus respectively. The minerals in gingerbread plum and eucalyptus respectively are as follows; zinc (0.59± 0.06 ppm).4 ± (0.005 ppm), calcium (11.38 ± 0.6 ppm) (19.48 ± 0.53 ppm), potassium (7.21 ± 1.2 ppm) (5.10 ± 0.93 ppm), copper (0.51 ± 0.007 ppm) (0.19 ± 0.04 ppm), magnesium (3.74 ± 0.41 ppm), (10.9 ± 93 ppm), sodium (7.65 ± 0.63 ppm) (12.21 ± 0.32 ppm). Phytochemicals determined include, alkaloids, saponins, tannins, phenols, and phytate. The results have revealed that, the two plants are rich in proximate, phytochemicals and minerals and can be useful for consumption.

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Survey of Species Prafarence and Method of Charcoal Production in Kaduna, Nigeria.

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Environmental Implications of Charcoal Production and Supply to Bonga Town: The Case of Kefa Zone, Southwest Ethiopia

Environmental Implications of Charcoal Production and Supply to Bonga Town: The Case of Kefa Zone, Southwest Ethiopia

Levels of Proximate Compositions and Minerals (Na, K, Ca, Mg, Cu, and Zn) Present in Eucalyptus (Eucalyptus globulus) and Gingerbread Plum (Noecarya macrophylla) Leaves Collected from Sokoto Town

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