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