PROF. KAYODE STEVEN ARE

  RELEVANT PUBLICATIONS:

1. Adelana, A.O., Are, K.S., Oke, A.O., Fademi, I.K., Ogunweide, T.A., Omotosho, O., Tobore, A. and Oluwatosin, G.A. (2025). Tillage and Cropping Systems Influence Soil Physical Quality and Erodibility of a Tropical Watershed in Northern Nigeria. Journal of Soil Science and Plant Nutrition (25). https://doi.org/10.10 07/s42729-025-02634-2 

2. Ganiyu, S.A., Uwem, V.I., Olutoki, J.O., Onakoya, O.I., Are, K.S. and Badmus, B.S. (2025). Investigation of groundwater quality and stability nearby active municipal solid waste dumpsite in Ibadan Metropolis, Nigeria. International Journal of Energy and Water Resources. https://doi.org/10.1007/s42108-025-00403-6 

3. Are, K.S., Idowu, O.J. and Oluwatosin, G.A. (2023). Aggregate Sizes and Land Use Types Influence the Soil Aggregate Stability of the Humid Tropical Soil Environment. LAUTECH Journal of Engineering and Technology 17 (2): 47-57. 

4. Are, K.S. and Adelana, A.O. (2023). Exploring the Resistive Impact of Vegetative Grass Strip Spacing on Soil Loss and Sediment-Bound Nutrients in an Agricultural Hillslope. Journal of Agriculture. Forestry and the Social Sciences, 21 (1): 78–91. 

5. Adelana, A., Aduramigba-Modupe, V., Oke, A., Are, K., Ojo, O. and Adeyolanu, O. (2021). Soil Quality Assessment under Different Long-Term Rice-Based Cropping Systems in a Tropical Dry Savanna Ecology of Northern Nigeria. Acta Ecologica Sinica, 42: 312–321. 

6. Guo, H., Huang, Z., Tan, M., Ruan, H, Awe, G.O., Are, K.S., Abegunrin, T.P., Zahid Hussain, Z., Kuang, Z. and Liu, D. (2021). Crop Resilience to Climate Change: A Study of Spatio-Temporal Variability of Sugarcane Yield in a Subtropical Region, China. Smart Agricultural Technology, 1 (100014). 

7. Li, Y., Mo, Y., Are, K.S., Huang, Z., Guo, H., Tang, C., Abegunrin, T.P., Qin, Z., Kang, Z. and Wang, X. (2021). Sugarcane Planting Patterns Control Ephemeral Gully Erosion and Associated Nutrient Losses: Evidence from Hillslope Observation. Agriculture, Ecosystems and Environment. 309 (107289).

8. Oluwatosin, G.A., Are, K.S., Adeyolanu, O.D. and Idowu, O.J. (2020). Characteristics and Agricultural Potential of Soils with Plinthic Materials in the Savanna Ecology of South Western Nigeria.  Archives of Agronomy and Soil Science, 66: 1794–1811. 

9. Li, Y., Are, K.S., Huang, Z., Guo, H., Wei, L., Abegunrin, T.P., Gu, M. and Qin Z. (2020). Particulate N and P Exports from Sugarcane Growing Watershed are more influenced by Surface Runoff than Fertilization. Agriculture, Ecosystems and Environment, 302: (107087). 

10. Ganiyu, S.A., Are, K.S. and Olurin, O.T. (2020). Assessment of Geotechnical and Physico Chemical Properties of Age Long Greywater Contaminated Soils in Basement Complex Areas, Southwest Nigeria. Applied Water Science, 10: (114) 1–15.  

11. Are, K.S. (2019). Biochar and Soil Physical Health. In: Abrol, V. and Sharma, P. (Eds.) Biochar - An Imperative Amendment for Soil and the Environment. Intech-Open Limited. London SE1 9SG. 21–33. 

12. Li, Y., Li, J., Are, K.S., Huang, Z., Yu, H. and Zhang, Q. (2019). Livestock Grazing Significantly Accelerates Soil Erosion More Than Climate Change in Qinghai-Tibet Plateau: Evidenced from 137Cs and 210Pbex Measurements. Agriculture, Ecosystems and Environment, 285: (106643). 

13. Ganiyu, S.A., Atoyebi, M.K., Are, K.S., Olurin, O.T. and Badmus, B.S. (2019). Soil Physicochemical and Hydraulic Properties of Petroleum-Derived and Vegetable Oil–Contaminated Haplic Lixisol and Rhodic Nitisol in Southwest Nigeria. Environmental Monitoring and Assessment, 191: (559) 1–18. 

14. Li, Y., Are, K.S., Qin, Z., Huang, Z., Abegunrin, T.P., Houssou, A.A., Guo, H., Gu, M. and Wei, L. (2020). Farmland Size Increase Significantly Accelerates Road Surface Rill Erosion and Nutrient Losses in Southern Subtropics of China. Soil and Tillage Research, 204: (104689) 

15. Huang, Z., Oshunsanya, S.O., Li, Y., Yu, H., Are, K.S. (2019). Vetiver grass hedgerows significantly trap P but little N from sloping land: evidenced from a 10-year field observation. Agriculture, Ecosystems and Environment 281, 72–80.  

16. Yu, H., Li, Y., Oshunsanya, S.O., Are, K.S., Geng, Y., Saggar, S. and Liu, W. (2019). Re-introduction of light grazing reduces soil erosion and soil respiration in a converted grassland on the Loess Plateau, China. Agriculture, Ecosystems and Environment, 280: 43–52.   17) Are, K.S., Oshunsanya, S.O. and Oluwatosin, G.A. (2018). Changes in Soil Physical Health Indicators of an Eroded Land as Influenced by Integrated Use of Narrow Grass Strips and Mulch. Soil and Tillage Research, 184: 269–280.  

17. Adeyolanu, O.D., Are, K.S., Adelana, A.O., Oluwatosin, G.A., Denton, O.A., Ande, O.T., Egbetokun, O., Ogunsumi, L. and Adediran, J.A. (2018). Assessing Soil Quality Issues for Crop Production Function Based on Farmers’ Perception: An Experience from Itapaji Watershed in Southwestern Nigeria. Eurasian Journal of Soil Science, 7 (4): 337–345.  

18. Are, K.S., Adelana, A.O., Fademi, I.O. and Aina, O.A. (2017).  Improving Physical Properties of Degraded Soil: Potential of Poultry Manure and Biochar. Agriculture and Natural Resources, 51: 454–462.  

19. Ande O.T., Are, K.S., Adeyolanu, O.D., Ojo, O.A., Oke, A.O., Adelana, A.O., Adetayo, A.O. and Oluwatosin, G.A. (2016). Characterization of Floodplain Soils in Southern Guinea Savanna of North Central Nigeria. Catena, 139: 19–27. 

20. Adeyolanu, O.D., Are K.S., Oluwatosin, G.A., Ayoola, O.T. and Adelana, A.O. (2013). Evaluation of Two Methods of Soil Quality Assessment as Influenced by Slash and Burn in Tropical Rainforest Ecology of Nigeria. Archives of Agronomy and Soil Science, 59 (12): 1725–1742.  

21. Are, K.S., Adelana, A.O., Adeyolanu, O.D., Oyeogbe, I.A. and Adelabu, L. (2012). Comparative Effects of Vetiver Grass (Chrysopogon zizanioides) Strips, Vetiver Mulch and Veticompost on Soil Quality and Erodibility of a Sloping Land. Agricultura Tropica et Subtropica, 45 (4): 189–198. 

22. Oke, A.O., Are, K.S., Oluwatosin, G.A., Adeyolanu, O.D., Dauda, T.O., and Adelana, A.O. (2011). Evaluation of Water Table Dynamics for Sustainable Cultivation in Wetlands. International Agrophysics, 25: 155–163.  

23. Are, K.S., Babalola, O., Oke, A.O., Oluwatosin, G.A., Adelana, A.O., Ojo, O.A. and Adeyolanu, O.D. (2011). Conservation Strategies for Effective Management of Eroded Landform: Soil Structural Quality, Nutrient Enrichment Ratio, and Runoff Water Quality. Soil Science, 176 (5): 252–263. 

24. Are, K.S., Oluwatosin, G.A., Adeyolanu, O.D. and Oke, A.O. (2009).  Slash and Burn Effect on Soil Quality of an Alfisol: Soil Physical Properties.  Soil and Tillage Research, 103: 4–10.

On-Going Research Project: 

1. Sediment fingerprinting to identify sediment sources and transport pathways in an intensive agricultural watershed 

2. Spatial and temporal variations of suspended sediment and associated nutrients as influenced by cropping systems   

Research Gate  Address: https://www.researchgate.net/profile/Kayode-Are?ev=hdr_xprf 

Google Scholar Id: https://scholar.google.com/citations?user=jnLHoVIAAAAJ&hl=en 

ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-1854-5493