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Ecosystem-based Adaptation to Climate Change – Policy Making and Institutional Framework in Kenya’s Mt. Elgon Forest Ecosystem

Jusper Maranga Omwenga, Paul Omondi & Fatuma Daudi · International Journal of Environment and Climate Change · 2019

Ecosystem-based Adaptation (EbA) is a strategy that relies on forest landscape’s biodiversity management and restoration to enhance the sustainable production and supply of ecosystem goods and services as alternative livelihoods to cushion the society against the negative impacts...

Open access Research Article 10.9734/ijecc/2019/v9i1230149

A Study on Relationship between Technical Efficiency and Climate Change Manifestations among Sesame Farmers in Benue State, Nigeria

B. C. Asogwa, M. P. Nwalem & G. C. Aye · Journal of Scientific Research and Reports · 2019

The present study aims to analyse the relationship between technical efficiency and the adverse effect of climate change manifestations among sesame farmers in Benue State, Nigeria. A combination of purposive and random sampling techniques was used to select 372 sesame producers....

Open access Research Article 10.9734/jsrr/2019/v25i230184

Strategies for Mitigating Climate Change Effect on Honey Bee Productivity in Southern Nigeria

Maria, Bisong Onabe, Ajigo Ikutal, Agbachom, Emmanuel Edet & Godwin Michael Ubi · Annual Research & Review in Biology · 2019

This study aimed at determining the educational requirement of Beekeepers in mitigating Climate Change Effects on bee honey production in Obudu Local Government Area of Cross River State, Nigeria.  The survey research design was used in achieving this. To adequately and appropria...

Open access Research Article 10.9734/arrb/2019/v33i330123

Influence of Climatic Variables on Whole-plant Water use of Cocoa under Limited Soil Moisture Condition

Femi S. Omotayo, Philip G. Oguntunde & Ayorinde A. Olufayo · Journal of Agriculture and Ecology Research International · 2019

Cocoa (Theobroma cacao L.) is a cash crop that is cultivated in many tropical regions of the world and is highly productive under favourable climatic conditions. Cocao, being originally an under storey tree of rainforests in tropical America, is traditionally cultivated below the...

Open access Research Article 10.9734/jaeri/2019/v19i430092

Perceptions of Climate Change and Adaptation of Climate Smart Technology by the Tea Smallholders: A Case Study of Ratnapura District in Sri Lanka

N. W. M. G. S. Navaratne, W. A. D. P. Wanigasundera & P. C. B. Alahakoon · Asian Journal of Agricultural Extension, Economics & Sociology · 2019

Climate change impacts such as rainfall variability, rise in ambient temperature, extreme dry spells and excessive wet periods cause low productivity and quality of tea. Ratnapura District in Sri Lanka, having the largest number of tea smallholders, is highly vulnerable to natura...

Open access Research Article 10.9734/ajaees/2019/v36i330244

Household Indigenous Drought Coping and Adaptation Strategies in Baringo County, Kenya

Maurice Manyonge Pepela, Ferdinand Nabiswa & Edward Mugalavai · Asian Journal of Environment & Ecology · 2019

Coping and adaptation to the impacts of climate change such as drought is increasingly necessary. Due to the expanding global impacts of climate change coping and adaptation agenda among various agencies, it is of primary importance to understand the coping and adaptation strateg...

Open access Research Article 10.9734/ajee/2019/v10i430121

Agronomic Management Strategies for Yield-Scaled Global Warming Potential under Rice-Wheat Cropping System

Suborna Roy Choudhury, Anupam Das, S. K. Gupta, Seema ., R. P. Sharma & S. K. Pathak · Current Journal of Applied Science and Technology · 2019

Greenhouse gas emissions have an indirect impact on crop production and are primary sources of the global warming. A field experiment was carried out to examine the effect of management practice (i.e. culmination of tillage and nutrient management) on GHGs emission and its subseq...

Open access Research Article 10.9734/cjast/2019/v37i630310

Crop Residue Management under Changing Climate Scenario

Jubuli Sahu, Muneswar Prasad, Raghubar Sahu, Dharmendra Kumar, Sanjay Kumar Mandal & R. K. Sohane · Current Journal of Applied Science and Technology · 2019

An effort has been made to study the effect of climate change on crop residues and need of crop residue management in present environmental condition. Crop residue management as an important practiced in the rice–wheat cropping system. In present condition, cropping season is shi...

Open access Research Article 10.9734/cjast/2019/v37i630313

Government Induced Programmes to Mitigate Rural-Urban Migration under Climate Change Dynamics

Shashikant Divakar, Chandan Kumar Panda & Anil Paswan · Current Journal of Applied Science and Technology · 2019

Climate change has much impact on regular drought and flood conditions of India, in result it influence agriculture. Agriculture is major means of livelihood and nearly 80 per cent of rural population of India depend on it.  But this profession is not being sustainable for the li...

Open access Research Article 10.9734/cjast/2019/v37i630327

Predictive Connection for 2100 between Atmospheric Carbon, Global Warming and Ocean Height Based on Climate History

Thomas F. Valone · International Journal of Environment and Climate Change · 2019

Many recent climate panels and committees have predicted a one and a half (1.5°C) to two degrees (2°C) Celsius as an achievable global limit to climate change [1]. Instead, this review has found that observationally informed projections of climate science underlying climate chang...

Open access Research Article 10.9734/ijecc/2019/v9i1030140

Projected Impact of Sea Level Rise on Nigeria’s Coastal City of Calabar in Cross River State

Joel Efiong & John O. Ushie · International Journal of Environment and Climate Change · 2019

This study projects the impact of sea level rise on Nigeria’s coastal city of Calabar in Cross River State. Data for the study were obtained from both secondary and primary sources through the use of the internet and questionnaire administration respectively. The data were analys...

Open access Research Article 10.9734/ijecc/2019/v9i1030138

Crop Residue Burning: Issue and Management for Climate-Smart Agriculture in NCR Region, India

Manjeet ., Joginder Singh Malik & Sushil Kumar · Asian Journal of Agricultural Extension, Economics & Sociology · 2019

Today India enjoys the second position worldwide in agricultural output and as well as plays a significant role in the overall socio-economic construction of India too. There is no doubt that intensive agriculture also plays a significant role in climate change over time. Today c...

Open access Research Article 10.9734/ajaees/2019/v36i130233

Impact of Climate Change on the Production of Major Food and Commercial Crops in India: A Five Decadal Study

Pooja Arora, Rajni Devi & Smita Chaudhry · International Journal of Environment and Climate Change · 2019

Climate change is posing a great threat to agriculture and food security, especially in the agriculture oriented and developing countries like India. The present study was carried out to critically study the impact of climate change on productivity of major cereal and commercial...

Open access Research Article 10.9734/ijecc/2019/v9i930133

The Greenhouse Effect Definition

Antero Ollila · Physical Science International Journal · 2019

The greenhouse effect concept explains the Earth’s elevated temperature. The IPCC endorses the anthropogenic global warming theory, and it assumes that the greenhouse (GH) effect is due to the longwave (LW) absorption by GH gases and clouds. The IPCC’s GH definition lets to under...

Open access Research Article 10.9734/psij/2019/v23i230149