Grassroots Journal of Natural Resources

(ISSN:2581-6853; CODEN: GJNRA9; DOI: 10.33002/nr2581.6853) is an international, scientific double blind peer-reviewed open access journal published 3 times a year online by The Grassroots Institute.

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Grassroots Journal of Natural Resources

Coordinated and published by The Grassroots Institute, the Grassroots Journal of Natural Resources (GJNR) is an international journal dedicated to the latest advancements in natural resources throughout the world. The goal of this journal is to provide a platform for scientists, social scientists, policy analysts, managers and practitioners (on all academic and professional levels) all over the world to promote, discuss and share various new issues and developments in different arenas of natural resources.

VOLUME 5, ISSUE 2 (JUNE 2022)

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M – 00292Research Article

Modelling of the Contribution of Different Blended Fertilizers to Potato Production in Basketo Special Woreda, Gamo-gofa Zone, Ethiopia

Metadel Minaye Getahun1, Zeleke Eromo Ewunetu2, Kindu Kebede Gebre*3, Zelalem Abera Amare4, Tarekegn Keriso Menisho5

1Arba Minch Agricultural Research Center, Southern Agricultural Research Institute, Hawassa, Ethiopia.

Email: siketmeta21@gmail.com ǀ ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-7209-4542

2Arba Minch Agricultural Research Center, Southern Agricultural Research Institute, Hawassa, Ethiopia.

Email: dreamyzed2005@gmail.com ǀ ORCID: https://orcid.org/ 0000-0002-5452-3179

3Department of Statistics, College of Computing and Informatics, Haramaya University, Dire Dawa, Ethiopia.

Email: m7.kebede@gmail.com ǀ ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-5337-4343

4University Laboratory Management Directorate Office, Central Laboratory, Haramaya University, Dire Dawa, Ethiopia. Email: aberazelalem2@gmail.com ǀ ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-6017-2352

5Arba Minch Agricultural Research Center, Southern Agricultural Research Institute, Hawassa, Ethiopia.

Email: yedideya04@gmail.com ǀ ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-7099-2020

*Corresponding author

Grassroots Journal of Natural Resources, 5(2): 1-11. Doi: https://doi.org/10.33002/nr2581.6853.050201

M – 00293Analytical Article

Time Series Analysis on the Effect of Organic and Inorganic Fertilizer in Production of Teff (Eragrostis tef) in Ethiopia

Kindu Kebede Gebre*1, Fasiledes Fetene Asfaw2

1Department of Statistics, College of Computing and Informatics, Haramaya University, Dire Dawa, Ethiopia.

Email: m7.kebede@gmail.com ǀ ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-5337-4343

2Department of Statistics, College of Computational Science, Woldiya University, Woldiya, Ethiopia.

Email: fasiledesfetene4@gmail.com ǀ ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-1944-6582

*Corresponding author

Grassroots Journal of Natural Resources, 5(2): 12-23. Doi: https://doi.org/10.33002/nr2581.6853.050202

M – 00294Analytical Article

Psychological Factors for the Formation of Collective Ecological Consciousness

Olena Khrushch*1, Oksana Fedyk2, Yuliya Karpiuk3

1Department of General and Clinical Psychology, Vasyl Stefanyk Precarpathian National University, Ivano-Frankivsk, Ukraine. Email: olena.khrushch@pnu.edu.ua | ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-5126-444X

2Department of General and Clinical Psychology, Vasyl Stefanyk Precarpathian National University, Ivano-Frankivsk, Ukraine. Email: oksana.fedyk@pnu.edu.ua | ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-9029-2611

3Department of General and Clinical Psychology, Vasyl Stefanyk Precarpathian National University, Ivano-Frankivsk, Ukraine. Email: yulia.karpyk@pnu.edu.ua | ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-6602-4302

*Corresponding author

Grassroots Journal of Natural Resources, 5(2): 24-43. Doi: https://doi.org/10.33002/nr2581.6853.050203

M – 00295Analytical Article

Sustainability for the Watershed Management in Afghanistan: Example from Amu River Basin

Safiullah Sherzad*1, Tharavathy Nidya Chennappa2

1Biosciences Department, Mangalore University, India.

Email: safisherzad7@gmail.com | ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-1325-2226

2Biosciences Department, Mangalore University, India.

Email: tharabiosciences@gmail.com | ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-5194-6635

*Corresponding author

Grassroots Journal of Natural Resources, 5(2): 44-58. Doi: https://doi.org/10.33002/nr2581.6853.050204

M – 00296Research Article

Seasonal Variation of Water Qualities in River, Lake and Waterfall in Rangamati and Khagrachhari Hill Tracts, Bangladesh

Md. Sirajul Islam*1, Natun Basu Chakma2, Prayasi Chakma3, Md. Humayun Kabir4, Rifat Shahid Shammi5, Mir Md. Mozammal Hoque6, Kazi Farhed Iqubal7

1Department of Environmental Science and Resource Management, Mawlana Bhashani Science and Technology University, Tangail-1902, Bangladesh. Email: islammstazu@yahoo.com | ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-7560-9334

2Department of Environmental Science and Resource Management, Mawlana Bhashani Science and Technology University, Tangail-1902, Bangladesh. Email: zonichakma0@gmail.com | ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-3054-3415

3Department of Environmental Science and Resource Management, Mawlana Bhashani Science and Technology University, Tangail-1902, Bangladesh. Email: prayasichakma00@gmail.com | ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-0385-950X

4Department of Environmental Science and Resource Management, Mawlana Bhashani Science and Technology University, Tangail-1902, Bangladesh. Email: kabirmh07@gmail.com | ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-2351-6275

5Department of Environmental Science and Resource Management, Mawlana Bhashani Science and Technology University, Tangail-1902, Bangladesh. Email: rifatshammi1996@gmail.com | ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-9303-9996

6Department of Environmental Science and Resource Management, Mawlana Bhashani Science and Technology University, Tangail-1902, Bangladesh. Email: huqmbstu@gmail.com | ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-9108-7735

7EQMS Consulting Limited, House # 76, Road # 5, Block # F, Banani, Dhaka-1213, Bangladesh.

Email: eqmsbd@gmail.com | ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-4105-8412

*Corresponding author

Grassroots Journal of Natural Resources, 5(2): 59-79. Doi: https://doi.org/10.33002/nr2581.6853.050205

M – 00297Research Article

Monitoring of Water Quality with Trophic State Index (TSI) in the Chalan Beel Wetland Ecosystem of Bangladesh

Md. Sirajul Islam*1, Shapla Khatun2, Md. Humayun Kabir3, Nowara Tamanna Meghla4, Md. Shakir Ahammed5, Md. Enamul Hoq6, Kazi Farhed Iqubal7

1Department of Environmental Science and Resource Management, Mawlana Bhashani Science and Technology University, Tangail-1902, Bangladesh. Email: islammstazu@yahoo.com | ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-7560-9334

2Department of Environmental Science and Resource Management, Mawlana Bhashani Science and Technology University, Tangail-1902, Bangladesh. Email: Shapla.mbstu@gmail.com | ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-1246-9255

3Department of Environmental Science and Resource Management, Mawlana Bhashani Science and Technology University, Tangail-1902, Bangladesh. Email: kabirmh07@gmail.com | ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-2351-6275

4Department of Environmental Science and Resource Management, Mawlana Bhashani Science and Technology University, Tangail-1902, Bangladesh. Email: nowaratamanna@gmail.com | ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-7399-4446

5Department of Environmental Science and Resource Management, Mawlana Bhashani Science and Technology University, Tangail-1902, Bangladesh. Email: shakiresrm@gmail.com | ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-7261-2231

6Bangladesh Fisheries Research Institute, Mymensingh-2201, Bangladesh.

Email: hoq_me@yahoo.com | ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-1380-9741

7EQMS Consulting Limited, House # 76, Road # 5, Block # F, Banani, Dhaka-1213, Bangladesh.

Email: eqmsbd@gmail.com | ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-4105-8412

*Corresponding author

Grassroots Journal of Natural Resources, 5(2): 80-103. Doi: https://doi.org/10.33002/nr2581.6853.050206

M – 00298Analytical Article

Ukrainian Reform of Decentralization Processes Consolidating the Sustainable Development: Environmental and Legal Aspects

Olena Zaiets*1, Tetiana Kovalenko2, Tetiana Shokha3, Yulyia Vlasenko4, Elina Pozniak5

1Department of Land and Agricultural Law, Institute of Law, Taras Shevchenko National University of Kyiv, Kyiv, Ukraine.

Email: olenazaiets1909@gmail.com | ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-7969-2465

2Department of Land and Agricultural Law, Institute of Law, Taras Shevchenko National University of Kyiv, Kyiv, Ukraine.

Email: kovalenko.tetyana@gmail.com | ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-7103-6209

3Department of Environmental Law, Institute of Law, Taras Shevchenko National University of Kyiv, Kyiv, Ukraine.

Email: shokha_tatiana@ukr.net | ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-1827-8444

4Department of Environmental Law, Institute of Law, Taras Shevchenko National University of Kyiv, Kyiv, Ukraine.

Email: ulia-v@ukr.net | ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-7494-2960

5Department of Environmental Law, Institute of Law, Taras Shevchenko National University of Kyiv, Kyiv, Ukraine.

Email: elina_pozniak@ukr.net | ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-5515-4849

*Corresponding author

Grassroots Journal of Natural Resources, 5(2): 104-126. Doi: https://doi.org/10.33002/nr2581.6853.050207

M – 00299Research Article

Effects of Phosphate Solubilizing Rhizobia on the Growth of Teff (Eragrostis teff) under Greenhouse Conditions in Ethiopia

Zelalem Abera Amare*1, Kassa Baye Ketema2, Kindu Kebede Gebre3, Yenenesh Demissie Weldesenbet4

1Central Laboratory, University Laboratory Management Directorate Office, Haramaya University, P.O. Box 138, Dire Dawa, Ethiopia. Email: aberazelalem2@gmail.com ǀ ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-6017-2352

2School of Biological Science and Biotechnology, Haramaya University, P.O. Box 138, Dire Dawa, Ethiopia.

Email: kassa033@gmail.com ǀ ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-1941-613X

3Department of Statistics, Haramaya University, P.O. Box 138, Dire Dawa, Ethiopia.

Email: m7.kebede@gmail.com ǀ ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-5337-4343

4Central Laboratory, University Laboratory Management Directorate Office, Haramaya University, P.O. Box 138, Dire Dawa, Ethiopia. Email: yeneneshdemisie@gmail.com ǀ ORCID: https://orcid.org/000-0002-2128-7333

*Corresponding author

Grassroots Journal of Natural Resources, 5(2): 127-137. Doi: https://doi.org/10.33002/nr2581.6853.050208

M – 00299bResearch Article

Physiological Justification of Udder Emptying in Highly Productive Cows

Vasyl Ivanovych Kostenko

Department of Milk and Meat Production Technologies, National University of Life and Environmental Sciences, Kyiv, Ukraine. Email: kostenko_vasyl@ukr.net | ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-7300-215X

Grassroots Journal of Natural Resources, 5(2): 138-147. Doi: https://doi.org/10.33002/nr2581.6853.050209

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