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Fig 1: CONSERVATION AGRICULTURE Agriculture is faced with many challenges. These challenges varies from one area of the world to another. For example, in Africa, challenges facing agriculture include how…

Fig 1: PLANT NUTRIENTS Plant nutrients are elements that are essential for plant growth, reproduction and development. There are about 17 nutrients required by plants. They are divided into two…

Fig 1: POTASSIUM Among the primary essential nutrients required by plant in large quantity is potassium. It is required in the same amount or slightly large amount as nitrogen. Plants…

Fig 1: AGROECOLOGY Agroecology is the bed rock of sustainable agriculture. It is a combination of agro and ecology to form the word Agroecology. Agro means agriculture and ecology means…

Fig 1: PHOSPHORUS Phosphorus is an essential macronutrient, though it is required in low quantity. It is critically required at early stage of development of plant and in energy transfer…

Fig 1: CARBON STORAGE The  global reservoirs of carbon include: the atmosphere, the ocean, terrestrial plant biomass, and soil. Carbon is found within these reservoirs and exchanged of the carbon…

Fig 1: HEAVY METALS CONTAMINATED SITE Heavy Metals are naturally occurring metals in the environment which are subdivisions of elements characterized with metallic properties. They include transition metals, some lanthanide,…

Fig 1: USING PHYTOREMEDIATION TO RESTORE WATER QUALITY Pollution is the contamination of the environment, making it foul or filthy by destroying its purity. Or it can be simply defined…

Fig 1: ENVIRONMENTAL POLLUTION The world we live in is faced with several challenges, threats and hazards that has affected the survival of man and other living things. One of…

Fig 1: NITROGEN Nitrogen is an essential nutrient used in relatively large amount (macronutrient) by all living things. It has a dramatic effect on plant growth and It is critically…