Climate change creates major challenges for dairy production by disrupting livestock productivity, forage availability, water resources, and animal health. Therefore, preparedness is crucial for protecting dairy-related livelihoods from climate change. This study examines climate...
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Research Article10.9734/ijecc/2026/v16i95621
Indigenous Knowledge Systems (IKS) and real-time digital technologies offer complementary resources for strengthening climate resilience in smallholder agriculture, yet their integration remains methodologically difficult. This paper develops the Hybrid Epistemic Adaptive Resilie...
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Research Article10.9734/ijecc/2026/v16i85625
Agricultural biomass residues represent a substantial underutilized resource, and their conversion into biochar offers a practical approach for sustainable waste management, renewable energy production, and carbon sequestration. The present study was conducted to evaluate the phy...
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Research Article10.9734/ijecc/2026/v16i85614
Accurate characterisation of localised wind regimes is fundamental to developing representative atmospheric forcing for coastal hydrodynamic models, particularly in semi-enclosed embayments where local topography modifies regional wind fields. This study analysed 87,672 hourly wi...
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Research Article10.9734/ijecc/2026/v16i85615
Accurate precipitation characterisation is vital for agricultural productivity and water resource management in the densely populated Indo-Gangetic Delta. This study provides a comprehensive multiscale evaluation of three prominent global gridded precipitation datasets, i.e., CHI...
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Research Article10.9734/ijecc/2026/v16i85616
Rainfall variability is important for agricultural production and water resource management in rain-fed regions. This study examined weekly rainfall dynamics in Biswanath district, Assam, using a first-order Markov Chain model based on weekly rainfall data from 1971 to 2022. Rain...
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Research Article10.9734/ijecc/2026/v16i85617
Agriculture provides livelihood support to nearly 58 per cent of India's population; however, the sector remains highly vulnerable to climate variability, which adversely affects crop productivity, soil health, and water availability. The present study was conducted in Jhunjhunu...
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Research Article10.9734/ijecc/2026/v16i85618
Rooftop photovoltaic (PV) systems can generate renewable electricity while shading building roofs and reducing solar heat gain. This study evaluated the electrical and thermal performance of a 35.2 kWp grid-connected rooftop PV system installed on the reinforced cement concrete r...
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Research Article10.9734/ijecc/2026/v16i85619
Climate-smart agriculture has become an influential framework for aligning agricultural productivity, adaptation and greenhouse-gas mitigation, yet its practical meaning remains contested because no technology is intrinsically climate-smart across all places, scales and social gr...
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Research Article10.9734/ijecc/2026/v16i85612
Climate change affects cotton cultivation through changes in temperature, rainfall, soil moisture, pest pressure, yield stability, and farm-level decisions. This study analysed the profile characteristics of cotton growers and their perceptions of the impacts of climate change on...
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Research Article10.9734/ijecc/2026/v16i85613