PRESENT ENVIRONMENT AND SUSTAINABLE DEVELOPMENT

Volume 17, Issue no.2/ 2023

Authors :

Ifeanyi Ella UGWU 1,2, Michael Emeka OKECHUKWU 1,2, Vintus OGWO 1,2 , Chinenye ANYADIKE 1,2 , Constantine Crowner MBAJIORGU 1, 2

1 Agricultural and Bioresources Engineering Department, Faculty of Engineering, University of Nigeria, Nsukka, Nigeria

2 Eco-Hydrological Systems Research Unit, University of Nigeria, Nsukka

E-mail : * Corresponding author: ella.ugwu@unn.edu.ng

https://doi.org/10.47743/pesd2023172017

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