This paper assesses the current communication strategies and channels used by different stakeholders in disseminating climate information in the Bamenda Highlands of Cameroon. The assessment goes beyond cataloguing what exists to examine whether the identified strategies and chan...
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Research Article10.9734/ijecc/2026/v16i105709
Climate variability represents a major challenge for rain-fed agricultural production systems in southeastern Benin. This study analyses the relationships between climate variability, agro-climatic constraints, and crop production and examines potential adaptation and environment...
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Research Article10.9734/ijecc/2026/v16i105711
Flooding is a major natural hazard in rapidly growing African cities, where hydrological variability, urban expansion, and limited drainage capacity can increase exposure. N'Djamena, the capital of Chad, is recurrently affected by flooding associated with the Chari-Logone River s...
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Research Article10.9734/ijecc/2026/v16i105707
Benzophenone-3 (BP-3), also known as oxybenzone, is a widely used organic ultraviolet filter incorporated into personal care products, cosmetics, paints and sunscreens. Its photostability, lipophilicity and slow biodegradation promote environmental persistence and facilitate its...
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Research Article10.9734/ijecc/2026/v16i105708
Somenath Dutta, M. Mohapatra, D. S. Pai, A. K. Sahai, P. Guhathakurta, Kripan Ghosh, R. Balasubramanian, Nahush Kulkarni, Md Danish, Harshal Ramesh Salve, P. Awate, V. L. Rao, Shirish Khedikar, Satyaban Bishoyi Ratna, Bindu Nambiar, D. A. Kulkarni, L. S. Bile, P. Bhagwat & P. V. Kamble·International Journal of Environment and Climate Change·2026
Aims: To evaluate the usefulness of the experimental Climate Information for Health (CIH) product issued by the India Meteorological Department (IMD) for malaria and dengue against observed disease-occurrence data for 2017. Study Design: A retrospective, observational verificatio...
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Research Article10.9734/ijecc/2026/v16i105704
Submergence transforms acidic rice soils into a dynamic biogeochemical environment in which redox potential, pH, iron and aluminium speciation, nutrient availability and microbial activity change throughout the cropping period. These transformations can partly alleviate aluminium...
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Research Article10.9734/ijecc/2026/v16i105705
This study evaluated whether resettlement had strengthened the capacity of flood-prone communities in Tana River County, Kenya, to anticipate, withstand, respond to and recover from recurring flood events. A household-based approach was used to assess socioeconomic characteristic...
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Research Article10.9734/ijecc/2026/v16i105706
Harmful algal blooms represent one of the few climate-sensitive hazards capable of destroying an entire marine farm's standing biomass within days, yet the scientific literature that underpins farm protection remains fragmented across oceanography, fish pathology, sensor engineer...
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Research Article10.9734/ijecc/2026/v16i105702
Weather variables can influence the abundance and distribution of arthropods in rice ecosystems, including both pest taxa and their natural enemies. This study evaluated arthropod abundance and its association with selected abiotic factors in a paddy agroecosystem and paddy agrof...
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Research Article10.9734/ijecc/2026/v16i105703
Agricultural soils have lost substantial organic carbon through land conversion, intensive cultivation and insufficient organic inputs, creating a technically important but highly context-dependent opportunity for carbon restoration. This critical narrative review evaluates wheth...
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Research Article10.9734/ijecc/2026/v16i105699
Climate change is reducing the stability of crop production through more frequent drought, heat, salinity and combined stresses, while rising atmospheric carbon dioxide threatens the nutritional quality of staple crops. Plant biostimulants, defined by their capacity to improve nu...
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Research Article10.9734/ijecc/2026/v16i105697
The present field investigation was conducted to study the seasonal incidence of pod borer complex of Pigeonpea during Kharif 2025 at the Research Farm of Entomology Department, Rafi Ahmed Kidwai College of Agriculture, Sehore (Madhya Pradesh). Pigeonpea, Cajanus cajan (L.), is t...
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Research Article10.9734/ijecc/2026/v16i105694
Aim: The present study aimed to evaluate division-wise variability and interrelationships of key soil physico-chemical properties governing nutrient retention in the Amrabad Tiger Reserve (ATR), a tropical dry deciduous forest ecosystem of the Eastern Ghats, India. Study Design:...
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Research Article10.9734/ijecc/2026/v16i105695
Extreme heat during the March-April-May hot season is an important climatic concern in Tahoua, Niger. This study assessed the duration of heatwaves in Tahoua city during 2024 using daily maximum temperature observations from the Tahoua station. Two identification approaches were...
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Research Article10.9734/ijecc/2026/v16i105696
Rapid urban expansion is transforming land-cover patterns in Rwanda’s secondary cities, with potential consequences for forest resources and sustainable land-use planning. This study assessed long-term changes in built-up and forest cover associated with urban expansion in Huye D...
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Research Article10.9734/ijecc/2026/v16i105689