Farm-level exploration of economic and environmental impacts of sustainable intensification of rice-wheat cropping systems in the Eastern Indo-Gangetic plains
Agriculture in rural Bihar needs to maintain its productivity while enhancing its biophysical sustainability. To sustainably intensify the predominant rice-wheat systems, alternative cropping patterns with short duration legumes, planted in the usually fallow summer season, were developed. The addit...
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| author | Adelhart Toorop, Roos López Ridaura, Santiago Bijarniya, Deepak Kalawantawanit, Eakapat Jat, Raj K. Prusty, Ashish K Jat, Mangi Lal Groot, Jeroen C.J. |
| author_browse | Adelhart Toorop, Roos Bijarniya, Deepak Groot, Jeroen C.J. Jat, Mangi Lal Jat, Raj K. Kalawantawanit, Eakapat López Ridaura, Santiago Prusty, Ashish K |
| author_facet | Adelhart Toorop, Roos López Ridaura, Santiago Bijarniya, Deepak Kalawantawanit, Eakapat Jat, Raj K. Prusty, Ashish K Jat, Mangi Lal Groot, Jeroen C.J. |
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| description | Agriculture in rural Bihar needs to maintain its productivity while enhancing its biophysical sustainability. To sustainably intensify the predominant rice-wheat systems, alternative cropping patterns with short duration legumes, planted in the usually fallow summer season, were developed. The addition of the legume ensures near-permanent soil cover, breaks the cereal-cereal cycle, and aims to improve soil quality while yielding between 0.6 and 1.2 Mg ha-1 of protein-rich dry matter. On-station experiments previously demonstrated the agronomical feasibility of the alternative cropping patterns while this study addresses the implications of such field-level changes at farm-level for different types of smallholders. We used the model FarmDESIGN to 1) assess current farm performance, 2) explore options to rearrange cropping patterns and 3) assess the impact of cropping patterns with mung bean. We found diverse farm performances, indicating a heterogenous farming community. Re-arranging current cropping patterns gave all farms possibilities to save water, increase soil organic matter content and decrease nitrogen losses but showed trade-offs with operating profit. Higher resource endowed farms had most potential to favourably rearrange the farm and improve multiple performance indicators. Two out of the five farms assessed did not benefit from including the alternative cropping patterns. We conclude that the impact of innovations greatly depends on farm type and current farm features and performance, described by a farm typology. |
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| spelling | CGSpace1100782025-02-19T13:53:25Z Farm-level exploration of economic and environmental impacts of sustainable intensification of rice-wheat cropping systems in the Eastern Indo-Gangetic plains Adelhart Toorop, Roos López Ridaura, Santiago Bijarniya, Deepak Kalawantawanit, Eakapat Jat, Raj K. Prusty, Ashish K Jat, Mangi Lal Groot, Jeroen C.J. food security climate change agriculture sustainability intensification cropping systems Agriculture in rural Bihar needs to maintain its productivity while enhancing its biophysical sustainability. To sustainably intensify the predominant rice-wheat systems, alternative cropping patterns with short duration legumes, planted in the usually fallow summer season, were developed. The addition of the legume ensures near-permanent soil cover, breaks the cereal-cereal cycle, and aims to improve soil quality while yielding between 0.6 and 1.2 Mg ha-1 of protein-rich dry matter. On-station experiments previously demonstrated the agronomical feasibility of the alternative cropping patterns while this study addresses the implications of such field-level changes at farm-level for different types of smallholders. We used the model FarmDESIGN to 1) assess current farm performance, 2) explore options to rearrange cropping patterns and 3) assess the impact of cropping patterns with mung bean. We found diverse farm performances, indicating a heterogenous farming community. Re-arranging current cropping patterns gave all farms possibilities to save water, increase soil organic matter content and decrease nitrogen losses but showed trade-offs with operating profit. Higher resource endowed farms had most potential to favourably rearrange the farm and improve multiple performance indicators. Two out of the five farms assessed did not benefit from including the alternative cropping patterns. We conclude that the impact of innovations greatly depends on farm type and current farm features and performance, described by a farm typology. 2020-11 2020-11-06T21:16:06Z 2020-11-06T21:16:06Z Journal Article https://hdl.handle.net/10568/110078 en Open Access Elsevier Adelhart Toorop R, Lopez-Ridaurab S, Bijarniya D, Kalawantawanit E, Jat RK, Prusty AK, Jat ML, Groot JCJ. 2020. Farm-level exploration of economic and environmental impacts of sustainable intensification of rice-wheat cropping systems in the Eastern Indo-Gangetic plains. European Journal of Agronomy 121:126157. |
| spellingShingle | food security climate change agriculture sustainability intensification cropping systems Adelhart Toorop, Roos López Ridaura, Santiago Bijarniya, Deepak Kalawantawanit, Eakapat Jat, Raj K. Prusty, Ashish K Jat, Mangi Lal Groot, Jeroen C.J. Farm-level exploration of economic and environmental impacts of sustainable intensification of rice-wheat cropping systems in the Eastern Indo-Gangetic plains |
| title | Farm-level exploration of economic and environmental impacts of sustainable intensification of rice-wheat cropping systems in the Eastern Indo-Gangetic plains |
| title_full | Farm-level exploration of economic and environmental impacts of sustainable intensification of rice-wheat cropping systems in the Eastern Indo-Gangetic plains |
| title_fullStr | Farm-level exploration of economic and environmental impacts of sustainable intensification of rice-wheat cropping systems in the Eastern Indo-Gangetic plains |
| title_full_unstemmed | Farm-level exploration of economic and environmental impacts of sustainable intensification of rice-wheat cropping systems in the Eastern Indo-Gangetic plains |
| title_short | Farm-level exploration of economic and environmental impacts of sustainable intensification of rice-wheat cropping systems in the Eastern Indo-Gangetic plains |
| title_sort | farm level exploration of economic and environmental impacts of sustainable intensification of rice wheat cropping systems in the eastern indo gangetic plains |
| topic | food security climate change agriculture sustainability intensification cropping systems |
| url | https://hdl.handle.net/10568/110078 |
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