Demand-side and supply-side factors for accelerating varietal turnover in smallholder soybean farms

The rapid growth of soybean cultivation in the world augurs well for achieving SDG2 of promoting sustainable agriculture, ending hunger, achieving food security, and improving nutrition. India started promoting soybean cultivation in the 1970s to combat dietary protein deficiencies and augment small...

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Autores principales: Nuthalapati, Chandra S., Kumar, Anjani, Birthal, Pratap S., Sonkar, Vinay K.
Formato: Journal Article
Lenguaje:Inglés
Publicado: Elsevier 2024
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Acceso en línea:https://hdl.handle.net/10568/139666
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author Nuthalapati, Chandra S.
Kumar, Anjani
Birthal, Pratap S.
Sonkar, Vinay K.
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Kumar, Anjani
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Sonkar, Vinay K.
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Birthal, Pratap S.
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description The rapid growth of soybean cultivation in the world augurs well for achieving SDG2 of promoting sustainable agriculture, ending hunger, achieving food security, and improving nutrition. India started promoting soybean cultivation in the 1970s to combat dietary protein deficiencies and augment smallholders' incomes. However, soybean yield remains low and plateaued at one ton per hectare for the past three decades. This paper leverages a large primary dataset and explores the speed of soybean varietal change by applying survival functions and analyzing determinants of varietal turnover time employing a dynamic framework and harnessing duration analysis. The results show that adopting leading soybean varieties has reached saturation and that policy intervention can have an immediate impact. The weighted average age of soybean varieties in farmers' fields is relatively high at 16 years, implying a slower varietal change rate. The lack of improved varieties with desirable traits, poor information flow, and growers’ preference for traits beyond yield-hamper faster varietal substitution. Further, analysis indicates regional variations in driving the speed of varietal replacement. The findings have significant implications for spurring soybean yields through investments in varietal development, leveraging modern molecular methods for long juvenility and photo-insensitivity, disseminating information, and institutional changes enabling the private sector participation in crop breeding.
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spelling CGSpace1396662025-10-26T13:02:19Z Demand-side and supply-side factors for accelerating varietal turnover in smallholder soybean farms Nuthalapati, Chandra S. Kumar, Anjani Birthal, Pratap S. Sonkar, Vinay K. soybeans sustainable agriculture food security nutrition protein deficiencies drought tolerance genetics The rapid growth of soybean cultivation in the world augurs well for achieving SDG2 of promoting sustainable agriculture, ending hunger, achieving food security, and improving nutrition. India started promoting soybean cultivation in the 1970s to combat dietary protein deficiencies and augment smallholders' incomes. However, soybean yield remains low and plateaued at one ton per hectare for the past three decades. This paper leverages a large primary dataset and explores the speed of soybean varietal change by applying survival functions and analyzing determinants of varietal turnover time employing a dynamic framework and harnessing duration analysis. The results show that adopting leading soybean varieties has reached saturation and that policy intervention can have an immediate impact. The weighted average age of soybean varieties in farmers' fields is relatively high at 16 years, implying a slower varietal change rate. The lack of improved varieties with desirable traits, poor information flow, and growers’ preference for traits beyond yield-hamper faster varietal substitution. Further, analysis indicates regional variations in driving the speed of varietal replacement. The findings have significant implications for spurring soybean yields through investments in varietal development, leveraging modern molecular methods for long juvenility and photo-insensitivity, disseminating information, and institutional changes enabling the private sector participation in crop breeding. 2024-04 2024-02-26T20:09:35Z 2024-02-26T20:09:35Z Journal Article https://hdl.handle.net/10568/139666 en Open Access Elsevier Nuthalapati, Chandra S.; Kumar, Anjani; Birthal, Pratap S.; Sonkar, Vinay K. 2024. Demand-side and supply-side factors for accelerating varietal turnover in smallholder soybean farms. Journal of Cleaner Production 447: 141372. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jclepro.2024.141372
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sustainable agriculture
food security
nutrition
protein deficiencies
drought tolerance
genetics
Nuthalapati, Chandra S.
Kumar, Anjani
Birthal, Pratap S.
Sonkar, Vinay K.
Demand-side and supply-side factors for accelerating varietal turnover in smallholder soybean farms
title Demand-side and supply-side factors for accelerating varietal turnover in smallholder soybean farms
title_full Demand-side and supply-side factors for accelerating varietal turnover in smallholder soybean farms
title_fullStr Demand-side and supply-side factors for accelerating varietal turnover in smallholder soybean farms
title_full_unstemmed Demand-side and supply-side factors for accelerating varietal turnover in smallholder soybean farms
title_short Demand-side and supply-side factors for accelerating varietal turnover in smallholder soybean farms
title_sort demand side and supply side factors for accelerating varietal turnover in smallholder soybean farms
topic soybeans
sustainable agriculture
food security
nutrition
protein deficiencies
drought tolerance
genetics
url https://hdl.handle.net/10568/139666
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