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Impression of COVID-19 Pandemic on Food Systems, Natural Environmental Resources and Agriculture in India: A Review

R. K. Naresh, Saurabh Tyagi, M. Sharath Chandra, B. Chandra Shekar, Pradeep Kumar Singh, Aryan Baliyan, Prashant Ahlawat & Polepaka Shalini · International Journal of Environment and Climate Change · 2021

The COVID-19 pandemic is affecting food and nutrition security through economic and social systems shocks, food system disruptions and gaps in coverage of essential health and nutrition services. Food systems in low- and middle-income groups must adapt and strengthen food and nut...

Open access Research Article 10.9734/ijecc/2021/v11i630429

Comparative Physiology of Drought and Salinity Stress in Grass Pea (Lathyrus sativus L.) Seedlings

P. Chettri, Kousik Atta & A. K. Pal · International Journal of Environment and Climate Change · 2021

Aims: The aim of this study was to investigate the effect of iso-osmotic potentials of drought and salinity on physiological parameters of grass pea seedlingsas well as to compare varietal responses. Study Design: Completely randomized design. Place and Duration of Study: In the...

Open access Research Article 10.9734/ijecc/2021/v11i630427

Climate Change and Climate-Smart Agricultural Practices: Opportunities and Challenges in the Semi-deciduous region of Ghana

E. Oppong, A. Opoku, H. O. Tuffour, Atta Poku P. Snr. & C. G. Kyere · International Journal of Environment and Climate Change · 2021

Aim: This study was conducted to investigate small holder farmers’ awareness of climate-smart agricultural practices and challenges to climate change adoption in the semi-deciduous zone of Ghana. Study Design: A descriptive research design was used for the study. Place of study:...

Open access Research Article 10.9734/ijecc/2021/v11i630426

Effect of Different Mulches on the Biometric Performance of Cucumber Crop under Polyhouse

B. Mukesh Goud, Y. Siva Lakshmi, N. Prathyusha & B. Jayasri · International Journal of Environment and Climate Change · 2021

The present study entitled “Effect of different mulches on the biometric performance of cucumber crop under polyhouse” was conducted during summer, 2019 at polyhouse, College of Agricultural Engineering, Kandi. Sangareddy, Telangana. Treatments consisted of five different mulches...

Open access Research Article 10.9734/ijecc/2021/v11i630424

Distribution of Polycyclic Aromatic Hydrocarbons in Surface Water and Fishes in Bodo/Bonny River Nigeria

David N. Ogbonna & Matthew E. Origbe · International Journal of Environment and Climate Change · 2021

Several industrial activities around the Niger Delta region have contributed to the widespread contamination of marine ecosystems with organochlorine compounds (OCs), petroleum products that are a source of polycyclic aromatic hydrocarbons (PAHs). These pollutants tend to be pers...

Open access Research Article 10.9734/ijecc/2021/v11i630425

Land Resource Inventory (LRI) for Sustainable Watershed Development-A Case Study of Bisarahalli-1 Microwatershed of Semiarid Region of Koppal District, Karnataka, India

K. V. Niranjana, M. B. Mahendra Kumar, Rajendra Hegde, K. V. Seema, B. A. Dhanorkar, S. Srinivas & R. Srinivasan · International Journal of Environment and Climate Change · 2021

A land resource inventory (LRI) of Bisarahalli-1 microwatershed was located in the central part of northern Karnataka in semiarid region of Koppal taluk and district. A case study was taken under Sujala III project sponsored by the Watershed Development Department of Karnataka an...

Open access Research Article 10.9734/ijecc/2021/v11i630423

Evaluation of Genetic Diversity in Bottle Gourd Germplasm Based on Phenotypic Characters for Yield and Yield Associated Traits

Muzeev Ahmad, Bijendra Singh, Khursheed Alam, Satya Prakash, Archi Gupta & . Mohit · International Journal of Environment and Climate Change · 2021

The experiment was conducted during Kharif season 2018 at Horticulture Research Centre, Sardar Vallabhbhai Patel University of Agriculture & Technology; Modipuram, Meerut (U.P.) assess the genetic diversity among fifteen genotypes of bottle gourd [Lagenaria siceraria (Mol.) S...

Open access Research Article 10.9734/ijecc/2021/v11i630422

Hydrochemical Evaluation of the Tigris River from Mosul to South of Baghdad Cities, Iraq

Alyaa Shakir Oleiwi & Moutaz Al-Dabbas · International Journal of Environment and Climate Change · 2021

Aims of this Study: To investigate the climate change{effects in Iraq on the quality and quantity of the water of the Tigris River from {Mosul” city to South of Baghdad city.00 This paper provides a review of the observed and the predicted impacts of climate change on the water q...

Open access Research Article 10.9734/ijecc/2021/v11i630421

Net Carbon Flux of a Higher Education Institute: Faculty of Agriculture, Rajarata University of Sri Lanka

N. M. K. C. Premarathne, A. M. K. R. Bandara, H. M. T. R. Herath & H. T. O. P. De Silva · International Journal of Environment and Climate Change · 2021

Aims: To account the synthesis of carbon sequestration, carbon emissions, and net carbon flux with respect to an agricultural higher education institute in a tropical region. Place and Duration of Study: Faculty of Agriculture, Rajarata University of Sri Lanka, between May 2019 a...

Open access Research Article 10.9734/ijecc/2021/v11i630419

Analyzing the Role of Increasing Water Pollution on Species-Richness, Interspecific-Competition and Abundance-Unevenness in Reef-Associated Fish Communities, off Jakarta Bay (Indonesia)

Jean Béguinot · International Journal of Environment and Climate Change · 2021

Not far from the exceptionally rich ‘Coral Triangle’ on the one hand but, on the other hand, exposed to strongly varying degree of anthropogenic environmental stresses, the reef-associated fish assemblages all along ‘Seribu Islands’ (off Jakarta Bay) are, thus, confronted to both...

Open access Research Article 10.9734/ijecc/2021/v11i630420

A GIS Based Methodology to Obtain the Hydrological Response to Storm Events of Small Coastal Basins, Prone to Flash Flooding

V. A. Kotinas · International Journal of Environment and Climate Change · 2021

The present study aims to investigate the hydrological response of small coastal watersheds to storm events. Areas around the Mediterranean Sea are usually characterized by streams with intermittent flows and flash floods are common. Firstly, we analyze the geomorphological, soil...

Open access Research Article 10.9734/ijecc/2021/v11i530417

Economical Efficacy of Weed Management Options in Groundnut + Pigeonpea Relay Intercropping System

Varsha Nakala & R. K. Mathukia · International Journal of Environment and Climate Change · 2021

Aims: To evaluate the effect of different weed management options on the economics in groundnut + pigeonpea relay intercropping on medium black clayey soils of Junagadh . Study Design: Field experiment was conducted at Junagadh during kharif 2019-20 and 2020-21 in Randomized Bloc...

Open access Research Article 10.9734/ijecc/2021/v11i630418

Management of Construction and Demolished Waste as an Aggregate Substitute in Cement Concrete

Jayasmita Mahakud, Siba Prasad Mishra, Ramesh Chandra Mohanty & Sagarika Panda · International Journal of Environment and Climate Change · 2021

India is in the process of modernization in the construction sector by repairing, renovation, up-gradation. Presently concrete, the universal building materials whose main ingredient is coarse aggregate.  The local natural resources like stone products and sand may exhaust and pu...

Open access Research Article 10.9734/ijecc/2021/v11i530415

Physiognomies and Strength Investigation of Concrete Part Blended by Wood Ash

Smruti Saswati Dash, Siba Prasad Mishra & Sagarika Panda · International Journal of Environment and Climate Change · 2021

Introduction: Cement during its manufacture emits enormous CO2, and heat to the atmosphere and deteriorate the environment affecting its sustainability. Wood ashes (WA) are the by-products wood based power plants, timber mills as wood dust, barks from forestry, paper industry, an...

Open access Research Article 10.9734/ijecc/2021/v11i530416

To Assess the Impact of Insecticidal Spray on Leaf Curling Caused Due to Sucking Pest and Phytotoxic Effect of Higher Doses of Insecticides in Chilli

Deepak Thakur, V. R. Upadhyay & Sumit Mukati · International Journal of Environment and Climate Change · 2021

The investigation was carried out at Samajik Vigyan Kendra, Dr. B.R. Ambedkar University, Bordi, Sehore (M.P.)-INDIA during kharif 2018-19. To assess the impact of  insecticidal spray on leaf curling caused due to sucking pest and phytotoxic effect of higher doses of insecticides...

Open access Research Article 10.9734/ijecc/2021/v11i530413