Indigenous food plants (IFPs) play a vital role in rural livelihoods, food security, and biodiversity conservation in Nigeria. Currently, their significance remains inadequately examined from an econometric perspective. Using a mixed-method approach, this study explored the production, consumption, and marketing of IFPs in the evergreen forest agroecological zone of Nigeria. The study involved 520 rural households across Ogun,...

Cassava offers by-products of processing such as peels and effluents, which seldom are disposed of without proper treatments. These by-products are rich in organic matter and cyanogenic compounds, which can be potentially hazardous to the environment. For sustainable waste management and ecological balance, a systematic investigation was carried out to analyse the physicochemical properties of cassava peels and effluents and t...