Designing profitable, resource use efficient and environmentally sound cereal based systems for the Western Indo-Gangetic plains

In the western Indo-Gangetic plains, issues of deterioration in soil, water, and environment quality coupled with low profitability jeopardize the sustainability of the dominant rice–wheat (RW) system. To address these issues, crop diversification and conservation agriculture (CA)-based management h...

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Autores principales: Jat, Hanuman Sahay, Kumar, Virender, Datta, Ashim, Choudhary, Madhu, Singh, Yadvinder, Kakraliya, S., Poonia, Tanuja, McDonald, Andrew J., Jat, Mangi Lal, Sharma, Parbodh Chander
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Acceso en línea:https://hdl.handle.net/10568/110703
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author Jat, Hanuman Sahay
Kumar, Virender
Datta, Ashim
Choudhary, Madhu
Singh, Yadvinder
Kakraliya, S.
Poonia, Tanuja
McDonald, Andrew J.
Jat, Mangi Lal
Sharma, Parbodh Chander
author_browse Choudhary, Madhu
Datta, Ashim
Jat, Hanuman Sahay
Jat, Mangi Lal
Kakraliya, S.
Kumar, Virender
McDonald, Andrew J.
Poonia, Tanuja
Sharma, Parbodh Chander
Singh, Yadvinder
author_facet Jat, Hanuman Sahay
Kumar, Virender
Datta, Ashim
Choudhary, Madhu
Singh, Yadvinder
Kakraliya, S.
Poonia, Tanuja
McDonald, Andrew J.
Jat, Mangi Lal
Sharma, Parbodh Chander
author_sort Jat, Hanuman Sahay
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description In the western Indo-Gangetic plains, issues of deterioration in soil, water, and environment quality coupled with low profitability jeopardize the sustainability of the dominant rice–wheat (RW) system. To address these issues, crop diversification and conservation agriculture (CA)-based management hold considerable promise but the adoption of both approaches has been low, and additional evidence generation from a multi-criteria productivity and sustainability perspective is likely required to help drive the change. Compared to prevailing farmers’ practice (FP), results suggest that CA-based rice management increased profitability by 13% and energy use efficiency (EUE) by 21% while reducing irrigation by 19% and global warming potential (GWP) by 28%. By substituting CA-based maize for rice, similar mean profitability gains were realized (16%) but transformative improvements in irrigation (− 84%), EUE (+ 231%), and GWP (− 95%) were observed compared to FP. Inclusion of mungbean in the rotation (i.e. maize-wheat-mungbean) with CA-based management increased the system productivity, profitability, and EUE by 11, 25 and 103%, respectively while decreasing irrigation water use by 64% and GWP by 106% compared to FP. Despite considerable benefits from the CA-based maize-wheat system, adoption of maize is not widespread due to uneven market demand and assured price guarantees for rice.
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spelling CGSpace1107032026-01-17T02:09:00Z Designing profitable, resource use efficient and environmentally sound cereal based systems for the Western Indo-Gangetic plains Jat, Hanuman Sahay Kumar, Virender Datta, Ashim Choudhary, Madhu Singh, Yadvinder Kakraliya, S. Poonia, Tanuja McDonald, Andrew J. Jat, Mangi Lal Sharma, Parbodh Chander food security climate change agriculture profitability resources In the western Indo-Gangetic plains, issues of deterioration in soil, water, and environment quality coupled with low profitability jeopardize the sustainability of the dominant rice–wheat (RW) system. To address these issues, crop diversification and conservation agriculture (CA)-based management hold considerable promise but the adoption of both approaches has been low, and additional evidence generation from a multi-criteria productivity and sustainability perspective is likely required to help drive the change. Compared to prevailing farmers’ practice (FP), results suggest that CA-based rice management increased profitability by 13% and energy use efficiency (EUE) by 21% while reducing irrigation by 19% and global warming potential (GWP) by 28%. By substituting CA-based maize for rice, similar mean profitability gains were realized (16%) but transformative improvements in irrigation (− 84%), EUE (+ 231%), and GWP (− 95%) were observed compared to FP. Inclusion of mungbean in the rotation (i.e. maize-wheat-mungbean) with CA-based management increased the system productivity, profitability, and EUE by 11, 25 and 103%, respectively while decreasing irrigation water use by 64% and GWP by 106% compared to FP. Despite considerable benefits from the CA-based maize-wheat system, adoption of maize is not widespread due to uneven market demand and assured price guarantees for rice. 2020-11-06 2021-01-05T13:23:17Z 2021-01-05T13:23:17Z Journal Article https://hdl.handle.net/10568/110703 en Open Access application/pdf Springer Jat HS, Kumar V, Datta A, Choudhary M, Singh Y, Kakraliya SK , Poonia T, McDonald AJ, Jat ML, Sharma PC. 2020. Designing proftable, resource use efficient and environmentally sound cereal based systems for the Western Indo Gangetic plains. Scientific Reports 10:19267.
spellingShingle food security
climate change
agriculture
profitability
resources
Jat, Hanuman Sahay
Kumar, Virender
Datta, Ashim
Choudhary, Madhu
Singh, Yadvinder
Kakraliya, S.
Poonia, Tanuja
McDonald, Andrew J.
Jat, Mangi Lal
Sharma, Parbodh Chander
Designing profitable, resource use efficient and environmentally sound cereal based systems for the Western Indo-Gangetic plains
title Designing profitable, resource use efficient and environmentally sound cereal based systems for the Western Indo-Gangetic plains
title_full Designing profitable, resource use efficient and environmentally sound cereal based systems for the Western Indo-Gangetic plains
title_fullStr Designing profitable, resource use efficient and environmentally sound cereal based systems for the Western Indo-Gangetic plains
title_full_unstemmed Designing profitable, resource use efficient and environmentally sound cereal based systems for the Western Indo-Gangetic plains
title_short Designing profitable, resource use efficient and environmentally sound cereal based systems for the Western Indo-Gangetic plains
title_sort designing profitable resource use efficient and environmentally sound cereal based systems for the western indo gangetic plains
topic food security
climate change
agriculture
profitability
resources
url https://hdl.handle.net/10568/110703
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