Water is one of the essential part for the existence of life on the earth crust. Over the past decades, demand for the potable water has significantly increased due to the deteriorating anthropogenic activity. Jaffna peninsula completely relies on the groundwater for al...

Abstract The measuring of urban sprawl is a challenging task, as it does not have a clear universal method. Therefore, it is worthwhile to investigate whether results differ with the methods utilized, to compute the level of urban sprawl. Accordingly, the study aims to ...

Abstract Study region The Lake Tana sub-basin, upper Blue Nile, Ethiopia Study focus The Lake Tana sub-basin is one of the agricultural growth corridors for Ethiopia’s ambitious plan to expand irrigation. Despite the booming irrigation activities in the sub-basin, limit...

Abstract Bats spend more than half of their life in roosts, where key life events transpire. Therefore the availability and selection of roosts are important to bats everywhere, and may limit their ability to exploit every habitat, including agricultural landscapes such...

Abstract The desire to increase agricultural productivity through the high usage of agrochemicals is causing substantial environmental deterioration. Many developing countries lack the capacity to quantify agro-pollution, especially in the case of chemical inputs such a...

Recent laws for privatizing agricultural produce markets in India are just one prominent example of long-running efforts to liberalize agriculture across South Asia. These legacies of state withdrawal from agriculture and the growing role of private intermediaries in b...

Abstract Due to the spread of Coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19), the world has encountered an ongoing pandemic to date. It is a highly contagious disease. In addition to the vaccination, social distancing and isolation of patients are proven to be one of the commonly ...

Muthurajawela Marsh and Negombo Lagoon have lost their marshland and mangroves from 41% and 21% accordingly from 1997 to 2017. Vegetation land fragmentation (VLF) is the foremost reason that accelerates the vegetation cover change. However, Sri Lanka has not been given ...

Large yield gaps are existing on farmers’ fields in India in spite of several islands of successful pilots conducted by several institutions. In recent years Science of Delivery has received the attention of the international and national research institutions but the s...

Motivation: COVID-19 has revived focus on improving equitable access to water, sanitation and hygiene (WASH) and health services in developing countries. Most public programming tends to rely on economic indicators to identify and target vulnerable groups. Can expanded ...