Geospatial assessment on the changing pattern of geomorphology: A case study on the world’s largest river island Majuli by Jyoti Sarmah Dhruba, Kumar Bhattacharjya Rajib

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The Political Ecology of an Environmental Crisis in the Brahmaputra Valley, Assam by Mitul Baruah

“…The paper draws on fieldwork conducted in Majuli over several years. It foregrounds the role of the state in the reproduction of the Majuli hazardscape and calls for a nuanced, disaggregated analysis of the postcolonial disastrous state. …”
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Religious Festivals in Turkey and India to Promote Cultural Heritage by Alaknanda Munshi

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The <i>Mahimā</i> of Ājali Āi and the Persecuted Māyāmārā Śatra: Guru-Mā as Holy Patroness and Divine Mother by Arunjana Das

“…Every year around 200,000 Māyāmārā Vaiṣṇavas congregate in a small village in Mājulī, Assam, India, for the annual <i>śevā</i>, or worship service, to Ājali Āi, a 16th-century female figure. …”
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Water-energy-food nexus in the Yarlung Tsangpo-Brahmaputra River Basin: Impact of mainstream hydropower development by Haoyang Lyu, Fuqiang Tian, Keer Zhang, Yi Nan

“…New hydrological insights for the region: Apart from bringing 33.7∼75.0 % more hydropower productivity for each month, the reservoir storage of YB River mainstream hydropower system can also increase the minimum flow during dry season, extending the period with navigability by one to four months per year from the Majuli Island to downstream. It provides higher assurance rate of irrigation water requirement in Bangladesh, effectively mitigating flood damage by reducing downstream flood-affected area in India and Bangladesh by up to 32.56 % and 14.8 % respectively. …”
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Biocontrol-based management module provided maximum protection in potato against white grub, Lepidiota mansueta Burmeister in Assam, India by Sravani Dumala, Badal Bhattacharyya, Bidyarani Devi Elangbam

“…Abstract Background The present study was conducted to evaluate the efficacy of some eco-friendly management modules based on plant oils and Metarhizium anisopliae against a biennial white grub species, Lepidiota mansueta Burmeister (Coleoptera: Scarabaeidae) infesting potato crop in the farmer’s field at Majuli river island, Assam, India. Results Amongst all the modules evaluated against L. mansueta grubs, the pooled analysis of two years of data (2019–2020 and 2020–2021) revealed that Module-VI [presowing treatment of mustard oil cake @ 150 kg/ha + wood ash @ 150 kg/ha + panchagavya @ 3% plus the application of Metarhizium anisopliae @ 10 g/sq.m after 1st & 2nd earthing up (25 & 60 Days after Sowing (DAS))] and Module-III [presowing treatment plus soil drenching with jatropha oil @ 5 ml/lit after 1st & 2nd earthing up (25 & 60 DAS)] were significantly superior and statistically at par over the rest of the modules in recording high yield (122.71 and 121.50 q/ha, respectively), minimum per cent tuber damage on weight basis (11.32 and 11.82%, respectively) and number basis (14.07 and 14.78%, respectively). …”
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