Drought Tolerant Rice for Ensuring Food Security in Eastern India
Drought and limited availability of water serve as the serious limitation for rice production in rainfed ecosystems. Among the major rainfed rice-cultivating areas, states of eastern India occupy one of the largest drought-prone ecologies in the world. Cultivating drought tolerant rice varieties...
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| author | Dar, Manzoor H. Waza, Showkat A. Shukla, Sarvesh Zaidi, Najam W. Nayak, Swati Hossain, Mosharaf Kumar, Arvind Ismail, Abdelbagi M. Singh, Uma S. |
| author_browse | Dar, Manzoor H. Hossain, Mosharaf Ismail, Abdelbagi M. Kumar, Arvind Nayak, Swati Shukla, Sarvesh Singh, Uma S. Waza, Showkat A. Zaidi, Najam W. |
| author_facet | Dar, Manzoor H. Waza, Showkat A. Shukla, Sarvesh Zaidi, Najam W. Nayak, Swati Hossain, Mosharaf Kumar, Arvind Ismail, Abdelbagi M. Singh, Uma S. |
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| description | Drought and limited availability of water serve as the serious limitation for rice production
in rainfed ecosystems. Among the major rainfed rice-cultivating areas, states of eastern India occupy
one of the largest drought-prone ecologies in the world. Cultivating drought tolerant rice varieties
can serve as the most coherent approach to ensure food security in these areas. International Rice
Research Institute (IRRI), along with its national collaborators, has developed drought tolerant rice
varieties possessing high yield along with desirable grain quality. One such conventionally bred
line, IR74371-70-1-1, has been released with different names in the different countries: in India as
Sahbhagi Dhan, in Nepal as Sukha Dhan 3, and in Bangladesh as BRRI Dhan 56. This indicates the
suitability of this line to show better performance across the wide range of environments. Sahbhagi
Dhan is a short duration variety that has genetic drought tolerance and is more efficient at extracting
available moisture from the soil. During drought years, farmers cultivating Sahbhagi Dhan obtained
the yield advantage of 0.8 to 1.6 t ha−1 over currently grown long duration as well as traditional
varieties. In 2012, when the paddy crop was hit by drought, Sahbhagi Dhan revealed the yield
advantage of more than a t ha−1
, which reduced to 0.78 and 0.56 t ha−1 during non-drought years of
2013 and 2014, respectively. Data taken from head to head trials during 2017 showed that Sahbhagi
Dhan exhibited better performance over the existing rice varieties grown by farmers even under
non-drought conditions. The important feature of Sahbhagi Dhan is its evident impact under drought
and no yield penalty under favorable conditions over the counterfactual varieties of the same duration.
Along with better yield under drought, the important advantage of Sahbhagi Dhan is the short
maturity duration of this variety. This allows the farmers to advance the succeeding crop and creates
an opportunity for accommodating an additional crop under favorable rainfed ecology, thereby
enhancing the cropping intensity. Since the majority of the farmers living in drought prone ecologies
are socio-economically under privileged, Sahbhagi Dhan, along with other drought tolerant varieties,
can serve as one of the most viable and deliverable technologies for eradicating poverty from these
ecologies dependent on rainfed rice. |
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| spelling | CGSpace1129922026-01-06T12:03:45Z Drought Tolerant Rice for Ensuring Food Security in Eastern India Dar, Manzoor H. Waza, Showkat A. Shukla, Sarvesh Zaidi, Najam W. Nayak, Swati Hossain, Mosharaf Kumar, Arvind Ismail, Abdelbagi M. Singh, Uma S. rice food security drought tolerance Drought and limited availability of water serve as the serious limitation for rice production in rainfed ecosystems. Among the major rainfed rice-cultivating areas, states of eastern India occupy one of the largest drought-prone ecologies in the world. Cultivating drought tolerant rice varieties can serve as the most coherent approach to ensure food security in these areas. International Rice Research Institute (IRRI), along with its national collaborators, has developed drought tolerant rice varieties possessing high yield along with desirable grain quality. One such conventionally bred line, IR74371-70-1-1, has been released with different names in the different countries: in India as Sahbhagi Dhan, in Nepal as Sukha Dhan 3, and in Bangladesh as BRRI Dhan 56. This indicates the suitability of this line to show better performance across the wide range of environments. Sahbhagi Dhan is a short duration variety that has genetic drought tolerance and is more efficient at extracting available moisture from the soil. During drought years, farmers cultivating Sahbhagi Dhan obtained the yield advantage of 0.8 to 1.6 t ha−1 over currently grown long duration as well as traditional varieties. In 2012, when the paddy crop was hit by drought, Sahbhagi Dhan revealed the yield advantage of more than a t ha−1 , which reduced to 0.78 and 0.56 t ha−1 during non-drought years of 2013 and 2014, respectively. Data taken from head to head trials during 2017 showed that Sahbhagi Dhan exhibited better performance over the existing rice varieties grown by farmers even under non-drought conditions. The important feature of Sahbhagi Dhan is its evident impact under drought and no yield penalty under favorable conditions over the counterfactual varieties of the same duration. Along with better yield under drought, the important advantage of Sahbhagi Dhan is the short maturity duration of this variety. This allows the farmers to advance the succeeding crop and creates an opportunity for accommodating an additional crop under favorable rainfed ecology, thereby enhancing the cropping intensity. Since the majority of the farmers living in drought prone ecologies are socio-economically under privileged, Sahbhagi Dhan, along with other drought tolerant varieties, can serve as one of the most viable and deliverable technologies for eradicating poverty from these ecologies dependent on rainfed rice. 2020-03-12 2021-03-12T23:25:39Z 2021-03-12T23:25:39Z Journal Article https://hdl.handle.net/10568/112992 en Open Access MDPI Dar, M. H., Waza, S. A., Shukla, S., Zaidi, N. W., Nayak, S., Hossain, M., Kumar, A., Ismail, A. M., & Singh, U. S. (2020). Drought Tolerant Rice for Ensuring Food Security in Eastern India. Sustainability. ISSN: 2071-1050. 12(6), 17 p. |
| spellingShingle | rice food security drought tolerance Dar, Manzoor H. Waza, Showkat A. Shukla, Sarvesh Zaidi, Najam W. Nayak, Swati Hossain, Mosharaf Kumar, Arvind Ismail, Abdelbagi M. Singh, Uma S. Drought Tolerant Rice for Ensuring Food Security in Eastern India |
| title | Drought Tolerant Rice for Ensuring Food Security in Eastern India |
| title_full | Drought Tolerant Rice for Ensuring Food Security in Eastern India |
| title_fullStr | Drought Tolerant Rice for Ensuring Food Security in Eastern India |
| title_full_unstemmed | Drought Tolerant Rice for Ensuring Food Security in Eastern India |
| title_short | Drought Tolerant Rice for Ensuring Food Security in Eastern India |
| title_sort | drought tolerant rice for ensuring food security in eastern india |
| topic | rice food security drought tolerance |
| url | https://hdl.handle.net/10568/112992 |
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