https://hspublishing.org/GRES <p><strong><em>Global Research in Environment and Sustainability (GRES)</em></strong> is an open access and peer-reviewed international journal. Environmental sustainability has become an increasingly important topic in today's world as the impacts of climate change and human activities on the planet continue to grow. Research in this area focuses on identifying solutions to mitigate these impacts and promote sustainable practices. From renewable energy and waste reduction to conservation and ecosystem management, environmental sustainability research is critical for the preservation of the natural world and the well-being of future generations. This research is multidisciplinary, involving scientists, policymakers, and the general public in the pursuit of a sustainable future.</p> en-US office@headstartnetwork.org (Faruk Soban) gres@hspublishing.org (Brenda Jane) Mon, 13 Oct 2025 14:28:21 +0100 OJS 3.3.0.13 http://blogs.law.harvard.edu/tech/rss 60 https://hspublishing.org/GRES/article/view/1133 <p>Maize leafhopper (<em>Cicadulina mbila </em>Naude), still remains a major yield-declining pest of maize in sub-Saharan Africa. Field experiment was conducted using nine varied regimes of fertilization to determine the results of enhanced efficiency fertilization on the <em>c. mbila </em>incidence and its influence on harvested output of maize. The abundance of <em>c. mbila </em>data were collected as well as damage cause and impact on productivity. The assessment was also done on the cost-effectiveness of the treatments on maize yield. Fertilization significantly influenced <em>C. mbila </em>abundance and incidence on maize. Unfertilized maize plants recorded significantly higher <em>C. mbila</em> populations and damages compared to the fertilized plots. Among the fertilizer treatments, T15-SUL and ACT-SOA recorded significantly higher <em>C. mbila</em> number and damage cause, respectively, whilst the Lowest invasion was recorded from T15-URE. All the fertilizer treatments recorded higher cereal productivity compared to non-fertilized plot. Though ACT-URE, ACT-NIT, T15-URE, ACT-SOA and T15-NIT yielded above all, there was no significant variation in yield among them. All the fertilization regimes produced more output compared to the no treatment plots. among the treatments, CLB-CLB gave lowest output and benefit-cost ratio whilst the biggest output and benefit-cost ratio was received from ACT-URE. application of ACT-URE is recommended for sound management of <em>c. mbila</em> for a towering yield and output in maize production in the savanna ecology of Ghana.</p> Abdulai, Yakubu, Abdulai, Fuseini, Kongyeli Benjamin Copyright (c) 2025 Abdulai, Yakubu, Abdulai, Fuseini, Kongyeli Benjamin http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0 https://hspublishing.org/GRES/article/view/1133 Mon, 13 Oct 2025 00:00:00 +0100