Urban forestry is increasingly positioned as essential infrastructure for climate adaptation, public health, biodiversity conservation and liveability. Yet the evidence base is often translated into simple canopy-expansion targets that obscure variation in ecological function, sp...
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Research Article10.9734/ijecc/2026/v16i85608
Crop-residue burning in the intensive rice–wheat systems of north-western India create substantial environmental and soil-management concerns. Krishi Vigyan Kendra, Sonipat conducted 770 frontline demonstrations of three crop-residue-management technologies—Happy Seeder, Zero Til...
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Research Article10.9734/ijecc/2026/v16i85609
Sugarbeet (Beta vulgaris L.) is being explored as an alternative sugar crop because of its relatively short duration, lower water requirement and adaptability to diverse agro-climatic conditions. A field evaluation was conducted during the rabi season of 2024–25 at VIAT Lara Gree...
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Research Article10.9734/ijecc/2026/v16i85610
Summer green gram (Vigna radiata L.) is an important short-duration pulse crop suited to intensive summer cropping systems, but its cultivation in semi-arid environments is constrained by high evaporative demand and limited rainfall. This study estimated crop water requirements a...
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Research Article10.9734/ijecc/2026/v16i85611
Rice is an important staple in Cameroon, yet domestic production remains below the volume reported as imported. This study provides an exploratory assessment of the reported import–production difference, the relationships between climate variability and domestic rice production,...
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Research Article10.9734/ijecc/2026/v16i85604
Quantitative assessment of water-balance components is essential for effective watershed planning and sustainable water-resources management. However, continuous observations of runoff, soil moisture, groundwater recharge, and evapotranspiration are often unavailable in data-scar...
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Research Article10.9734/ijecc/2026/v16i85605
Rainfall variability plays a crucial role in determining water availability and agricultural sustainability, especially in semi-arid regions. This study examines spatio-temporal rainfall trends across the Hyderabad–Karnataka region using a multi-scale framework based on the Mann–...
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Research Article10.9734/ijecc/2026/v16i85606
Nutrient management sits at the intersection of two increasingly urgent objectives: sustaining crop productivity for a growing population and limiting the contribution of agriculture to climate change while enhancing the capacity of cultivated soils to store carbon. Climate-smart...
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Research Article10.9734/ijecc/2026/v16i85600
This study assessed the residual toxicity of Spinosad, Emamectin benzoate, Thiodicarb, Monocrotophos and Fenvalerate to the egg parasitoid Trichogramma chilonis on sunflower under elevated carbon dioxide (eCO2) and elevated temperature (eTemp) conditions. Sunflower plants were ma...
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Research Article10.9734/ijecc/2026/v16i85601
Rising atmospheric carbon dioxide (CO₂) can alter host-plant chemistry and thereby affect herbivorous insects across generations. This study evaluated the effects of ambient CO₂ (aCO₂; 380 ± 25 ppm) and elevated CO₂ (eCO₂; 550 ± 25 ppm) on chickpea foliar biochemistry and the gro...
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Research Article10.9734/ijecc/2026/v16i85602