Agriculture in flood-prone Dhubri district of Assam is highly vulnerable to climate change-induced submergence, necessitating the adoption of climate-resilient rice varieties to sustain productivity and farmer livelihoods. A field experiment was conducted during kharif 2023 and 2...
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Research Article10.9734/ijecc/2026/v16i55456
Background: Groundwater is one of the most important natural resources for domestic, agricultural, and industrial purposes. Due to increasing population, urbanization, and irregular rainfall patterns, groundwater resources are under severe stress in many parts of India. Due to ex...
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Research Article10.9734/ijecc/2026/v16i55457
Cascading climate tipping points and compound extreme events pose urgent and under-characterized threats to Earth system stability. Multiple hazards occurring simultaneously or in rapid succession can reduce effective tipping thresholds by 15–30% compared to single-stressor expos...
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Research Article10.9734/ijecc/2026/v16i55453
The compaction of biochar into briquette form offers a viable method for improving the energy utilization of leftover biomasses, especially in underdeveloped nations. The intrinsically poor cohesiveness of biochar necessitates the use of binders, whose characteristics and ratios...
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Research Article10.9734/ijecc/2026/v16i55454
Wetlands play a major role in maintaining a stable climate. Nevertheless, their global decline driven by both natural and anthropogenic factors poses a serious threat to the environment. This research aims to investigate the impact of land cover changes in wetlands on Land Surfac...
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Research Article10.9734/ijecc/2026/v16i55455
Phenomics, which involves the holistic analysis of plant phenotypes using cutting-edge sensing and data processing technologies, has emerged as an AI-powered technique in plant breeding. Genomics tells us about a plant's genetic potential, whereas phenomics describes the dynamic...
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Research Article10.9734/ijecc/2026/v16i55449
Introduction: Increased use of pharmaceutical products results in the release of large quantities of these compounds into the environment. This has become a serious concern, especially in the aquatic ecosystem. Wastewater treatment plant, sewage discharge, improper disposal of me...
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Research Article10.9734/ijecc/2026/v16i55450
Illegal dumps have a major impact on the environment, particularly through groundwater pollution caused by leachate in the form of a pollution plume. Indeed, the pollution plume consists of various ionic pollutants, notably dissolved trace metals, whose presence in the soil or gr...
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Research Article10.9734/ijecc/2026/v16i55451
Wildfires are increasingly causing severe economic losses and ecological damage, highlighting the need for accurate predictive models to support effective risk mitigation and resource management. This study developed and evaluated a three-dimensional convolutional neural network...
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Research Article10.9734/ijecc/2026/v16i55452
Background: Climate variability remains an issue of global concern. The unprecedented hike in global temperature in the last decades have increased drought and flood events, with significant agricultural impacts especially on farmers whose livelihoods depend largely on rain-fed a...
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Research Article10.9734/ijecc/2026/v16i55447
Climate change represents one of the gravest systemic threats to global food security, with fruit and vegetable production ranking amongst the most climatically sensitive sectors of modern agriculture. Rising temperatures, intensified drought, erratic precipitation patterns, elev...
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Research Article10.9734/ijecc/2026/v16i55448
Agriculture in Sub-Saharan Africa accounts for approximately 59 percent of total national greenhouse gas emissions- the highest proportional share globally- and these emissions grew by 35 percent between 2000 and 2021. This study investigates whether climate-smart agriculture pol...
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Research Article10.9734/ijecc/2026/v16i55446
Land degradation, climate change, and declining ecosystem services are increasingly interconnected challenges that threaten ecological integrity, agricultural productivity, and livelihood security across vulnerable landscapes. At the same time, advances in artificial intelligence...
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Research Article10.9734/ijecc/2026/v16i55444
Climate change is reshaping insect pest dynamics in agro ecosystems through simultaneous shifts in temperature, precipitation patterns, atmospheric CO₂, and the frequency of extreme events. These drivers alter core biological processes—development rates, fecundity, survival, diap...
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Research Article10.9734/ijecc/2026/v16i55445
Background and Aims: Sorghum (Sorghum bicolor L.) is a climate-resilient cereal crop widely valued for its high productivity and adaptability to drought, heat, and low-fertility soils, making it crucial for sustainable agriculture and food security. The aim of this study was to o...
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Research Article10.9734/ijecc/2026/v16i55441