Prioritizing Land and Water Interventions for Climate-Smart Villages

Climate-smart villages mean implementing a portfolio of best locally suited climate-smart agricultural practices in an integrated manner to build resilience of the local community. Land and water interventions form a crucial part of a climate-smart agricultural practices portfolio, with water availa...

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Autores principales: Alam, Mohammad Faiz, Sikka, Alok
Formato: Journal Article
Lenguaje:Inglés
Publicado: Wiley 2019
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Acceso en línea:https://hdl.handle.net/10568/103395
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description Climate-smart villages mean implementing a portfolio of best locally suited climate-smart agricultural practices in an integrated manner to build resilience of the local community. Land and water interventions form a crucial part of a climate-smart agricultural practices portfolio, with water availability being the key limiting factor of crop growth. To aid in this decision-making process of prioritizing land and water interventions, a simple and robust spreadsheet tool based on a water balance is developed. The tool integrates and simulates impacts of land and water interventions on the water balance to determine their impact across climate-smart agricultural objectives of agricultural productivity, climate change adaptation and mitigation. The tool was implemented in two villages in the state of Madhya Pradesh, India. The tool performs well in simulating village water balance and its impact on the yield of rainfed and irrigated crop areas. Results show that considerable differences exist within the portfolio of land and water interventions, with only a combination of supply, demand and moisture conservation practices being able to help achieve climate-smart agricultural objectives. In the best case scenario, yield can be increased by up to 10% and greenhouse gas emission intensity reduced up to 17%. Comparison with stakeholder perception analysis highlights the utility of this tool in providing additional quantitative information in the decision-making process.
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spelling CGSpace1033952025-10-14T15:09:09Z Prioritizing Land and Water Interventions for Climate-Smart Villages Alam, Mohammad Faiz Sikka, Alok food security irrigated farming agriculture climate change climate-smart agriculture land water prioritisation water balance water requirements evapotranspiration agricultural practices greenhouse gas emissions groundwater recharge irrigated land rainfed farming models stakeholders Climate-smart villages mean implementing a portfolio of best locally suited climate-smart agricultural practices in an integrated manner to build resilience of the local community. Land and water interventions form a crucial part of a climate-smart agricultural practices portfolio, with water availability being the key limiting factor of crop growth. To aid in this decision-making process of prioritizing land and water interventions, a simple and robust spreadsheet tool based on a water balance is developed. The tool integrates and simulates impacts of land and water interventions on the water balance to determine their impact across climate-smart agricultural objectives of agricultural productivity, climate change adaptation and mitigation. The tool was implemented in two villages in the state of Madhya Pradesh, India. The tool performs well in simulating village water balance and its impact on the yield of rainfed and irrigated crop areas. Results show that considerable differences exist within the portfolio of land and water interventions, with only a combination of supply, demand and moisture conservation practices being able to help achieve climate-smart agricultural objectives. In the best case scenario, yield can be increased by up to 10% and greenhouse gas emission intensity reduced up to 17%. Comparison with stakeholder perception analysis highlights the utility of this tool in providing additional quantitative information in the decision-making process. 2019-10 2019-08-23T13:27:13Z 2019-08-23T13:27:13Z Journal Article https://hdl.handle.net/10568/103395 en Limited Access Wiley Alam MF, Sikka AK. 2019. Prioritizing Land and Water Interventions for Climate-Smart Villages. Irrigation and Drainage 68(4):714-728.
spellingShingle food security
irrigated farming
agriculture
climate change
climate-smart agriculture
land
water
prioritisation
water balance
water requirements
evapotranspiration
agricultural practices
greenhouse gas emissions
groundwater recharge
irrigated land
rainfed farming
models
stakeholders
Alam, Mohammad Faiz
Sikka, Alok
Prioritizing Land and Water Interventions for Climate-Smart Villages
title Prioritizing Land and Water Interventions for Climate-Smart Villages
title_full Prioritizing Land and Water Interventions for Climate-Smart Villages
title_fullStr Prioritizing Land and Water Interventions for Climate-Smart Villages
title_full_unstemmed Prioritizing Land and Water Interventions for Climate-Smart Villages
title_short Prioritizing Land and Water Interventions for Climate-Smart Villages
title_sort prioritizing land and water interventions for climate smart villages
topic food security
irrigated farming
agriculture
climate change
climate-smart agriculture
land
water
prioritisation
water balance
water requirements
evapotranspiration
agricultural practices
greenhouse gas emissions
groundwater recharge
irrigated land
rainfed farming
models
stakeholders
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