2.5.2: Al-Ayen Iraqi University promotes sustainable farming and environmental stewardship by organizing tree-planting initiatives across local schools and institutions. Students and faculty from the Colleges of Education and Engineering Technology planted diverse tree species such as olive, jasmine, and acacia, known for improving air quality, enriching soil, and combating desertification. These efforts strengthen community partnerships, enhance green spaces, and foster environmental awareness.
1. The College of Education at Al-Ayen Iraqi University participated in the “Al-Mirbad Festival” through various activities led by students from the Chemistry and English departments. The event included entertaining chemistry experiments, artistic displays, English plays and poems, and a tree-planting initiative under the campaign “Al-Ayen Plants.” This participation supports SDG 2, SDG 13 (Climate Action), and SDG 15 (Life on Land) by promoting creativity, environmental awareness, and student engagement in sustainable community activities.
Link: https://alayen.edu.iq/news/details/2109
2. The Engineering Technical College at Al-Ayen Iraqi University organized a tree-planting initiative at the Open College of Education in Al-Nasiriya to promote environmental sustainability and improve the local climate. Supervised by the college administration and a group of engineering students, the campaign included planting various trees such as jasmine, olive, and acacia to combat desertification and expand green spaces. This initiative supports SDG 13 (Climate Action) and SDG 15 (Life on Land) by fostering environmental awareness, enhancing biodiversity, and contributing to sustainable community development.
Link: https://alayen.edu.iq/news/details/1940
3. The College of Education organized a school tree-planting campaign through its Student Activities Unit in collaboration with Chemistry Department students. The team visited 1st Huzairan Primary School for Boys, to create a greener and more sustainable learning environment in line with SDG 13 (Climate Action). The initiative received strong moral and logistical support from the college administration, faculty, and students, emphasizing community service and collaboration with local institutions.
Link: https://alayen.edu.iq/news/details/2402
Al-Ayen Iraqi University demonstrates a strong and sustained commitment to Sustainable Development Goal 2 (Zero Hunger) through an extensive portfolio of 26 peer-reviewed publications in 2024 addressing food security, sustainable agriculture, environmental resilience, and smart farming technologies. These research contributions span a wide spectrum of disciplines, from agricultural sciences and environmental engineering to biotechnology and data-driven precision farming, highlighting the university’s global engagement in tackling hunger and improving agricultural sustainability. Below is a list of these publications:
26 publications match with Sustainable Development Goal 2 : | ||||||
Institutions | Al-Ayen Iraqi University | |||||
Publication years | (2024) | |||||
NO. | Title | Year | Volume | Issue | DOI | SDGs (2024) |
1 | Analyzing the impact of socio-environmental parameters on wheat and barley cultivation areas using the geographical detector model | 2024 | 135 | - | 10.1016/j.pce.2024.103630 | SDG 2 |
2 | Regional classification of extreme droughts across Iran | 2024 | 72 | 5 | https://doi.org/10.1007/s11600-023-01254-7 | SDG 2| SDG 6 |
3 | Monitoring of greenhouse gas emission drivers in Atlantic Canadian Potato production: A robust explainable intelligent glass-box | 2024 | 24 | - | 10.1016/j.rineng.2024.103297 | SDG 2| SDG 13 |
4 | Advances in Biosensing of Chemical Food Contaminants Based on the MOFs-Graphene Nanohybrids | 2024 | 54 | 7 | 10.1080/10408347.2022.2160923 | SDG 2| SDG 3 |
5 | Carbon nanotubes in plant dynamics: Unravelling multifaceted roles and phytotoxic implications | 2024 | 210 | - | 10.1016/j.plaphy.2024.108628 | SDG 2| SDG 8| SDG 12 |
6 | Development of temperature and mass transfer-based empirical models for estimating reference evapotranspiration in Nigeria | 2024 | 15 | 7 | 10.2166/wcc.2024.260 | SDG 2| SDG 6| SDG 8| SDG 12 |
7 | Evaluation of Brassica species for growth, yield and heat use efficiency under nitrogen nutrition and iron sulphide nanoparticles application | 2024 | 333 | - | 10.1016/j.scienta.2024.113278 | SDG 2 |
8 | Hybrid modeling approaches for agricultural commodity prices using CEEMDAN and time delay neural networks | 2024 | 14 | 1 | 10.1038/s41598-024-74503-4 | SDG 2 |
9 | Empirical curvelet transform based deep DenseNet model to predict NDVI using RGB drone imagery data | 2024 | 221 | - | 10.1016/j.compag.2024.108964 | SDG 2 |
10 | Metagenomic profiling of rhizosphere microbiota: Unraveling the plant-soil dynamics | 2024 | 133 | - | 10.1016/j.pmpp.2024.102381 | SDG 2| SDG 8| SDG 12| SDG 15 |
11 | Classification of tomato leaf images for detection of plant disease using conformable polynomials image features | 2024 | 13 | - | 10.1016/j.mex.2024.102844 | SDG 2| SDG 3 |
12 | Development of enriched compost formulations and evaluation of their effects on growth, yield, and quality of palak (Beta vulgaris var. bengalensis L.) | 2024 | 13 | - | 10.57647/ijrowa-x1f9-xf93 | SDG 2| SDG 8| SDG 12 |
13 | Cloud computing-based estimation of Peninsular India’s long-term climate change impacts on rainfall, surface temperature, and geospatial indices | 2024 | 15 | 1 | 10.1080/19475705.2024.2381635 | SDG 2| SDG 6| SDG 8| SDG 12| SDG 13 |
14 | Long-term climate change analysis in northeast and eastern India | 2024 | 15 | 1 | 10.1080/19475705.2024.2409206 | SDG 2| SDG 11| SDG 13| SDG 14 |
15 | Smartphone-Facilitated Mobile Colorimetric Probes for Rapid Monitoring of Chemical Contaminations in Food: Advances and Outlook | 2024 | 54 | 7 | 10.1080/10408347.2022.2164173. | SDG 2 |
16 | Revolutionizing Infectious Disease Management in Animals Through Advanced Phage Therapy: A Comprehensive Strategy for the Eradication of Multidrug-Resistant Bacterial Pathogens | 2024 | 12 | 1 | 10.17582/journal.jahp/2024/12.s1.157.167 | SDG 2 |
17 | Spatiotemporal analysis of compound droughts and heat waves in the Horn of Africa | 2024 | 44 | 13 | 10.1002/joc.8595 | SDG 2| SDG 13 |
18 | Identifying the most effective climate parameters on crop yield in rain-fed agriculture and irrigated farming in Iran | 2024 | 136 | - | 10.1016/j.pce.2024.103744 | SDG 2| SDG 6| SDG 8| SDG 13 |
19 | Navigating the landscape of precision horticulture: Sustainable agriculture in the digital Age | 2024 | 338 | - | 10.1016/j.scienta.2024.113688 | SDG 2| SDG 3| SDG 8| SDG 12 |
20 | Integrating Climate and Plant Variables with Machine Learning Models to Forecast Tomato Yield at Different Soil Moisture Levels | 2024 | 64 | 4 | 10.21608/ejss.2024.308236.1829 | SDG 2 |
21 | Hybridization of deep learning, nonlinear system identification and ensemble tree intelligence algorithms for pan evaporation estimation | 2024 | 640 | - | 10.1016/j.jhydrol.2024.131704 | SDG 2| SDG 6| SDG 15 |
22 | Spatiotemporal analysis of soil moisture drought in the Horn of Africa | 2024 | 155 | 8 | 10.1007/s00704-024-05052-z | SDG 1| SDG 2| SDG 6| SDG 11| SDG 13 |
23 | Groundwater harvesting and artificial recharge site identification on upper Shilabati watershed using geospatial approaches | 2024 | 155 | 6 | 10.1007/s00704-024-04947-1 | SDG 2| SDG 6| SDG 15 |
24 | Application of bagging and boosting ensemble machine learning techniques for groundwater potential mapping in a drought-prone agriculture region of eastern India | 2024 | 36 | 1 | 10.1186/s12302-024-00981-y | SDG 2| SDG 6| SDG 9| SDG 15 |
25 | A comprehensive analytical and computational assessment of soil water characteristics curves in Atlantic Canada: Application of a novel SelectKbestbased GEP model | 2024 | 298 | - | 10.1016/j.agwat.2024.108868 | SDG 2| SDG 6| SDG 8| SDG 12 |
26 | The role of gut microbiota in human metabolism and inflammatory diseases: a focus on elderly individuals | 2024 | 74 | 1 |
10.1186/s13213-023-01744-5 | SDG 2 |
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