Vulnerability, impact and adaptation strategies of female farmers to climate variability.

In Africa, agriculture, particularly crop production, is a vital livelihood practice for women, who provide a larger proportion of the labour force. However, the high reliance on rain-fed agriculture, coupled with other socio-economic constraints, exposes female farmers to climatic risks. This paper investigates the participation of women in crop production, key challenges and their coping strategies for climatic disturbances.

Passive co-treatment of phosphorus-depleted municipal wastewater with acid mine drainage: Towards sustainable wastewater management systems.

Industrial processes typically produce large wastewater volumes, which, if left untreated, greatly affect receiving ecosystems. However, wastewater treatment can be costly and energy-intensive, with the developing world particularly struggling with wastewater management. As such, simple and cost-effective solutions are urgently required with the passive (no energy or reagents) co-treatment of different wastewater matrices holding great promise.

Insights into mechanisms governing the passive removal of inorganic contaminants from acid mine drainage using permeable reactive barrier.

The permeable reactive barrier has been deemed as the most prudent and pragmatic way to passively manage and remediate acid mine drainage (AMD). Herein, insights into mechanisms governing the removal of inorganic contaminants from AMD using a permeable reactive barrier (PRB), i.e.