Pathway to achieve a sustainable food and land-use transition in India
India has committed to reducing the emissions intensity of GDP by 33–35% from the 2005 level by 2030 in alignment with objectives of the Paris Agreement. This will require a significant reduction in greenhouse gas (GHG) emissions from the food and land-use sector. In this paper, we construct three p...
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| author | Jha, Chandan Kumar Ghosh, Ranjan Kumar Saxena, Satyam Singh, Vartika Mosnier, Aline Guzman, Katya Perez Stevanović, Miodrag Popp, Alexander Lotze-Campen, Hermann |
| author_browse | Ghosh, Ranjan Kumar Guzman, Katya Perez Jha, Chandan Kumar Lotze-Campen, Hermann Mosnier, Aline Popp, Alexander Saxena, Satyam Singh, Vartika Stevanović, Miodrag |
| author_facet | Jha, Chandan Kumar Ghosh, Ranjan Kumar Saxena, Satyam Singh, Vartika Mosnier, Aline Guzman, Katya Perez Stevanović, Miodrag Popp, Alexander Lotze-Campen, Hermann |
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| description | India has committed to reducing the emissions intensity of GDP by 33–35% from the 2005 level by 2030 in alignment with objectives of the Paris Agreement. This will require a significant reduction in greenhouse gas (GHG) emissions from the food and land-use sector. In this paper, we construct three potential pathways for India to achieve its emissions target by 2050 involving moderate ambitions of mitigation action (BAU), moderate ambitions combined with achieving healthy diets (BAU + NIN), and high levels of mitigation action inclusive of healthy diets (SUSTAINABLE). Using an integrated accounting tool, the FABLE Calculator, that harmonizes various socioeconomic and biophysical data, we project these pathways under the conditions of cross-country balanced trade flows. Results from the projections show that the demand for cereals will increase by 2050, leading to increased GHG emissions under BAU. Under the SUSTAINABLE pathways, GHG emissions will decrease over the same period due to reduced demand for cereals, whereas significant crop productivity and harvest intensity gains would lead to increased crop production. The exercise reveals the indispensability of healthy diets, improved crop, and livestock productivity, and net-zero deforestation in achieving India’s mid-century emission targets from the agriculture sector. |
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| spelling | CGSpace1400232025-10-26T13:02:18Z Pathway to achieve a sustainable food and land-use transition in India Jha, Chandan Kumar Ghosh, Ranjan Kumar Saxena, Satyam Singh, Vartika Mosnier, Aline Guzman, Katya Perez Stevanović, Miodrag Popp, Alexander Lotze-Campen, Hermann mitigation international agreements agricultural sector principal felling greenhouse gas emissions socioeconomic aspects cereals healthy diets capacity development deforestation crop production land use emission reduction food security gross national product India has committed to reducing the emissions intensity of GDP by 33–35% from the 2005 level by 2030 in alignment with objectives of the Paris Agreement. This will require a significant reduction in greenhouse gas (GHG) emissions from the food and land-use sector. In this paper, we construct three potential pathways for India to achieve its emissions target by 2050 involving moderate ambitions of mitigation action (BAU), moderate ambitions combined with achieving healthy diets (BAU + NIN), and high levels of mitigation action inclusive of healthy diets (SUSTAINABLE). Using an integrated accounting tool, the FABLE Calculator, that harmonizes various socioeconomic and biophysical data, we project these pathways under the conditions of cross-country balanced trade flows. Results from the projections show that the demand for cereals will increase by 2050, leading to increased GHG emissions under BAU. Under the SUSTAINABLE pathways, GHG emissions will decrease over the same period due to reduced demand for cereals, whereas significant crop productivity and harvest intensity gains would lead to increased crop production. The exercise reveals the indispensability of healthy diets, improved crop, and livestock productivity, and net-zero deforestation in achieving India’s mid-century emission targets from the agriculture sector. 2023-01 2024-03-14T12:08:50Z 2024-03-14T12:08:50Z Journal Article https://hdl.handle.net/10568/140023 en https://doi.org/10.1088/1748-9326/ac788a Open Access Springer Jha, Chandan Kumar; Ghosh, Ranjan Kumar; Saxena, Satyam; Singh, Vartika; Mosnier, Aline; Guzman, Katya Perez; Stevanović, Miodrag; Popp, Alexander; and Lotze-Campen, Hermann. 2023. Pathway to achieve a sustainable food and land-use transition in India. Sustainability Science 18: 457-468. https://doi.org/10.1007/s11625-022-01193-0 |
| spellingShingle | mitigation international agreements agricultural sector principal felling greenhouse gas emissions socioeconomic aspects cereals healthy diets capacity development deforestation crop production land use emission reduction food security gross national product Jha, Chandan Kumar Ghosh, Ranjan Kumar Saxena, Satyam Singh, Vartika Mosnier, Aline Guzman, Katya Perez Stevanović, Miodrag Popp, Alexander Lotze-Campen, Hermann Pathway to achieve a sustainable food and land-use transition in India |
| title | Pathway to achieve a sustainable food and land-use transition in India |
| title_full | Pathway to achieve a sustainable food and land-use transition in India |
| title_fullStr | Pathway to achieve a sustainable food and land-use transition in India |
| title_full_unstemmed | Pathway to achieve a sustainable food and land-use transition in India |
| title_short | Pathway to achieve a sustainable food and land-use transition in India |
| title_sort | pathway to achieve a sustainable food and land use transition in india |
| topic | mitigation international agreements agricultural sector principal felling greenhouse gas emissions socioeconomic aspects cereals healthy diets capacity development deforestation crop production land use emission reduction food security gross national product |
| url | https://hdl.handle.net/10568/140023 |
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