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Arusha Climate and Environmental Research Centre

Arusha Climate And Environmental Research Centre In March 2022 the Aga Khan University launched Arusha Climate and Environmental Research Centre (AKU-ACER) on its nearly four thousand acres of ecologically important land in Arusha, Tanzania. As a flagship project of the University, and with the support of the Aga Khan Development Network (AKDN), AKU-ACER leverages the extraordinary importance of the site in terms of research opportunities in environmental science – including atmospheric sciences, sustainable agriculture and ecology, environmental chemistry, geosciences, and social sciences. The overarching objectives of AKU-ACER include advancing academic research leading to results for stakeholders and achieving increased visibility on the importance of environmental field sites that explicitly set out to develop capacity. The benefits of the research activities undertaken at AKU-ACER cut across many Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) relating to the environment and climate action, including capacity for carbon sequestration. Based on the characteristics of the site, restorative land management activities will continue and inform much of the research work as well. Going forward, the focus is to systematically study the climate impacts on human health, ecosystem services, and geophysical hazards. The rapid growth of Arusha station is expected to catalyze the establishment of the research station in Link Road and bring about the much-needed collaboration between individual researchers and AKDN entities to utilize the station to conduct interdisciplinary studies in health, environment, and social sciences.

Submissions from 2021 2021

Indoor Nanoparticle Characterization in Construction Waste Recycling Companies over Time, Bashir Adelodun, Alcindo Neckel, Guilherme L. Dotto, and Diana Pinto

Status of environmental life cycle assessment (LCA): A case study of South Korea., Bashir Adelodun, Golden Odey, Sang-Hyun Kim, and Kyung-Sook Choi

Conflicting drivers of virtual water trade: A review based on the "virtual water concept"., Bashir Adelodun, Golden Odey, Sang Hyun Kim, and Kyung Sook Choi

Presence, detection, and persistence of SARS-CoV-2 in wastewater and the sustainable remedial measures., Bashir Adelodun, AbdulGafar Olatunji Tiamiyu, Fidelis Odedishemi Ajibade, Golden Odey, Rahmat Gbemisola Ibrahim, Madhumita Goala, Hashim Olalekan Bakare, Temitope F. Ajibade, Jamiu Adetayo Adeniran, Kamoru Akanni Adeniran, and Kyung Sook Choi

A review of the presence of SARS-CoV-2 RNA in wastewater and airborne particulates and its use for virus spreading surveillance., Uttpal Anand, Alberto Pivato, S. Suresh, Omkar Indari, Shweta Jakhmola, Hem Chandra Jha, Pawan Kumar Jha, Vijay Tripathi, and Francesco Di Maria

Outgrowing and the politics of inclusive business models: The case of Tanzania's Kilombero Sugar Company, Emanuel Sulle

Role of Nanotechnology in Coronavirus Detection, AbdulGafar O. Tiamiyu, Hashim O. Bakare, Fidelis Ajibade, Kola Y. Kareem, Rahmat G. Ibrahim, Golden Odey, Madhumita Goala, and Jamiu A. Adeniran

Submissions from 2020 2020

The threatening effects of open dumping on soil at waste disposal sites of Akure City, Nigeria., Bashir Adelodun, Fidelis O. Ajibade, Temitope F. Ajibade, Kayode H. Lasisi, Christiana Abiola, James R. Adewumi, and Christopher O. Akinbile

Snowballing transmission of COVID-19 (SARS-CoV-2) through wastewater: Any sustainable preventive measures to curtail the scourge in low-income countries?, Bashir Adelodun, Fidelis Odedishemi Ajibade, Rahmat Gbemisola Ibrahim, Hashim Olalekan Bakare, and Kyung-Sook Choi

Application of RUSLE Integrated with GIS and Remote Sensing Techniques to Access Soil Erosion in Anambra State, South-Eastern Nigeria., Bashir Adelodun, Fidelis Odedishemi Ajibade, Nathaniel Azubuike Nwogwu, Taofeeq Sholagberu Abdulkadir, Temitope Fausat Ajibade, Kayode Hassan Lasisi, Olaolu George Fadugba, Titilayo Abimbola Owolabi, and Olabanji Olatona Olajire

Potential dam sites selection using integrated techniques of remote sensing and GIS in Imo State, Southeastern, Nigeria., Bashir Adelodun, Temitope F. Ajibade, Nathaniel A. Nwogwu, Fidelis O. Ajibade, Temitope E. Idowu, Adedamola O. Ojo, Juliana O. Iji, Olabanji O. Olajire, and Oluwaseun K. Akinmusere

Impact of food wastage on water resources and GHG emissions in Korea: A trend-based prediction modeling study., Bashir Adelodun and Kyung Sook Choi

Kinetic and prediction modeling studies of organic pollutants removal from municipal wastewater using Moringa oleifera biomass as a coagulant., Bashir Adelodun, Matthew Segun Ogunshina, Fidelis Odedishemi Ajibade, Taofeeq Sholagberu Abdulkadir, Hashim Olalekan Bakare, and Kyung Sook Choi

Total concentration, contamination status and distribution of elements in a Nigerian State dumpsites soil., Bashir Adelodun, Opeyemi E. Oluwatuyi, Fidelis O. Ajibade, Temitope F. Ajibade, Ayodeji S. Olowoselu, James R. Adewumi, and Christopher O. Akinbile

Bureaucrats, investors and smallholders: Contesting land rights and agro-commercialisation in the Southern agricultural growth corridor of Tanzania, Emanuel Sulle

Submissions from 2019 2019

Dosage and Settling Time Course Optimization of Moringa Oleifera in Municipal Wastewater Treatment Using Response Surface Methodology., Bashir Adelodun, Fidelis Odedishemi Ajibade, Matthew Segun Ogunshina, and Kyung-Sook Choi

Gender, politics and sugarcane commercialisation in Tanzania, Emanuel Sulle and Helen Dancer

Submissions from 2018 2018

Increasing the Biogas Yield of a Floating Drum Anaerobic Digester using Poultry Droppings with Banana (Musa Paradisiacal) Peels., Bashir Adelodun and Kamoru Adeniran

Evaluation of Potential of Activated Locust Bean Pod as a Coagulant for Domestic Sewage Treatment, Bashir Adelodun, Banjo Akinyemi, and Kamoru Adeniran

Submissions from 2017 2017

Social differentiation and the politics of land: Sugar cane outgrowing in Kilombero, Tanzania, Emmanuel Sulle

Tourism taxation, politics and territorialisation in Tanzania’s wildlife management, Emmanuel Sulle and Holti Banka

Submissions from 2016 2016

): Artificial Neural Network Modelling of Biochemical Oxygen Demand and Dissolved Oxygen of Rivers: A case study of Asa River., Bashir Adelodun, Kamoru Akanni Adeniran, and Matthew Ogunshina