Land degradation in Tigray highlands of Ethiopia adversely affects agricultural productivity, the environment, food security and livelihoods of smallholder farmers. This paper answers some pertinent questions on mass mobilization of compulsory free labour for ecological restorati...
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Research Article10.9734/BJECC/2017/35017
Aim: The study aimed at modeling the aerial extent of snow cover of an ungauged mountainous Himalayan region using the temperature index-based method of ArcSWAT model. Study Design: 20 year precipitation and temperature data along with elevation information were used in the simul...
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Research Article10.9734/BJECC/2017/36139
Aim: To study the effect of environmental factors on the activities of soil microbial population in the rhizospheric soil of wheat crop. Study Design: An agroclimatic study was carried out to study the effect of environmental alterations on the activity of soil bacteria in a mult...
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Research Article10.9734/BJECC/2017/35188
The African armyworm Spodoptera exempta (Walker) is an important migratory pest of cereal crops and grasslands in sub-Saharan Africa. It demonstrates great variability in the extent and severity of infestation of its host crops. The African armyworm is known to cause extensive da...
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Research Article10.9734/BJECC/2017/30588
The Central England Temperature (CET) record is the world's longest instrument-based temperature record and covers the years 1659-present. The temperature variation of 0.8°C between the Maunder Sunspot Minimum in the late 17th Century and the beginning of the Industrial Revolutio...
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Research Article10.9734/BJECC/2017/34589
Simulated studies indicated that early sowing i.e 15th April (D1) predicted highest grain yield during all the years from 1986-2013. Under irrigated conditions increasing levels of N predicted increased grain and stover yield from N levels up to 90 kg N ha-1. Under irrigated and...
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Research Article10.9734/BJECC/2017/31732
In 2012 and 2013 annual tree rings were measured in two co-occurring, yet contrasting tree species, the mesic red oak (Quercus rubra) and the more xeric chestnut oak (Quercus montana) across a topographic gradient to access differential impacts of climate and disturbance events....
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Research Article10.9734/BJECC/2017/33378
Aims: To identify whether the urban heat island (UHI) phenomena occurs in Jakarta, a metropolitan city with business and industrial background, and Bandar Lampung, a growing city with agricultural background; to identify community vulnerability and adaptation to UHI impacts. Plac...
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Research Article10.9734/BJECC/2017/33529
Aims and Place: The variable transparency, temperature, dissolved oxygen, conductivity, pH, total suspended solids (TSS), turbidity and ion balance (Na+, K+, Ca2+, Mg2+, Cl-, HCO3- + CO32- and SO42-) were measured in surface waters of the Amazon River and Mamiá Lake during the hy...
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Research Article10.9734/BJECC/2017/27897
Throughout the history, Energy transformations have had great impact on economies and societies in general. Today’s global developments towards a decarbonized economy is also transforming energy systems and socio-economic organizations of countries in many ways. Germany, with its...
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Research Article10.9734/BJECC/2017/31944
A simplex-lattice mixture design and the surface response methodology (SRM) were used to modeling the methane production on the anaerobic co-digestion (AcoD) of three different substrates generated from slaughterhouses: manures (Ms), solid organic wastes (SOW) and wastewaters (SH...
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Research Article10.9734/BJECC/2017/29741
Aims: This paper aims to develop prediction models for forecasting rainfall occurrence over the Bagmati river basin of Nepal based upon climate related predictor variables. Study Design: Time series design with statistical downscaling of large scale daily climate data and observe...
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Research Article10.9734/BJECC/2017/30696
Environmental protection becomes a global challenge currently. Green roof is one of the innovative concepts to face this battle. An increase in its use is noticed in urban areas worldwide. But a question arises: what are the environmental consequences of the green roofs’ life cyc...
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Research Article10.9734/BJECC/2017/30796
Aims: To demonstrate that potassium ferrate will remove potentially toxic metal ions from contaminated water samples. Study Design: A known amount of metal ions were solubilized in aqueous solution, then exposed to potassium ferrate in known amounts. Extent of removal was monitor...
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Research Article10.9734/BJECC/2016/26273
Livestock slurry stores are a key source of ammonia (NH3) and greenhouse gas (GHG) emissions. This study evaluated the potential to reduce NH3, CO2, CH4 and N2O emissions by adding effective microorganisms (EM) and brewing sugar to beef cattle slurry in a replicated small-scale (...
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Research Article10.9734/BJECC/2016/26904