Agricultural development and land‐use change in India: A scenario analysis of trade‐offs between UN Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs)
India has the second largest population in the world and is characterized by a broad diversity in climate, topography, flora, fauna, land‐use, and socioeconomic conditions. To help ensure food security in the future, agricultural systems will have to respond to global change drivers such as populati...
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| author | Hinz, Roman Sulser, Timothy B. Huefner, R. Mason-D’Croz, Daniel Dunston, Shahnila Ringler, Claudia |
| author_browse | Dunston, Shahnila Hinz, Roman Huefner, R. Mason-D’Croz, Daniel Ringler, Claudia Sulser, Timothy B. |
| author_facet | Hinz, Roman Sulser, Timothy B. Huefner, R. Mason-D’Croz, Daniel Dunston, Shahnila Ringler, Claudia |
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| description | India has the second largest population in the world and is characterized by a broad diversity in climate, topography, flora, fauna, land‐use, and socioeconomic conditions. To help ensure food security in the future, agricultural systems will have to respond to global change drivers such as population growth, changing dietary habits, and climate change. However, alterations of how food is produced in the future may conflict with other UN Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs), such as the protection of land resources and climate change mitigation. It is crucial for decision‐makers to understand potential trade‐offs between these goals to find a balance of human needs and environmental impacts. In this paper, we analyze pathways of agricultural productivity, land‐use, and land‐cover changes in India until 2030 and their impacts on terrestrial biodiversity and carbon storage. The results show that in order to meet future food production demands, agricultural lands are likely to expand and existing farmlands need to be intensified. However, both processes will result in biodiversity losses. At the same time, the projections reveal carbon stock increases due to intensification processes and decreases due to conversions of natural land into agriculture. On balance, we find that carbon stocks increase with the scenarios of future agricultural productivity as modeled here. In conclusion, we regard further agricultural intensification as a crucial element to help ensure food security and to slow down the expansion of cropland and pasture. At the same time, policies are required to implement this intensification in a way that minimizes biodiversity losses. |
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| spelling | CGSpace1424732025-02-24T06:47:25Z Agricultural development and land‐use change in India: A scenario analysis of trade‐offs between UN Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) Hinz, Roman Sulser, Timothy B. Huefner, R. Mason-D’Croz, Daniel Dunston, Shahnila Ringler, Claudia goal 12 responsible production and consumption biodiversity food production sustainable development goals carbon sequestration land-use change agriculture land use agricultural development climate change mitigation food security agricultural productivity climate change India has the second largest population in the world and is characterized by a broad diversity in climate, topography, flora, fauna, land‐use, and socioeconomic conditions. To help ensure food security in the future, agricultural systems will have to respond to global change drivers such as population growth, changing dietary habits, and climate change. However, alterations of how food is produced in the future may conflict with other UN Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs), such as the protection of land resources and climate change mitigation. It is crucial for decision‐makers to understand potential trade‐offs between these goals to find a balance of human needs and environmental impacts. In this paper, we analyze pathways of agricultural productivity, land‐use, and land‐cover changes in India until 2030 and their impacts on terrestrial biodiversity and carbon storage. The results show that in order to meet future food production demands, agricultural lands are likely to expand and existing farmlands need to be intensified. However, both processes will result in biodiversity losses. At the same time, the projections reveal carbon stock increases due to intensification processes and decreases due to conversions of natural land into agriculture. On balance, we find that carbon stocks increase with the scenarios of future agricultural productivity as modeled here. In conclusion, we regard further agricultural intensification as a crucial element to help ensure food security and to slow down the expansion of cropland and pasture. At the same time, policies are required to implement this intensification in a way that minimizes biodiversity losses. 2020-03-01 2024-05-22T12:10:33Z 2024-05-22T12:10:33Z Journal Article https://hdl.handle.net/10568/142473 en https://hdl.handle.net/10568/150391 https://hdl.handle.net/10568/148186 Open Access American Geophysical Union Hinz, Roman; Sulser, Timothy B.; Huefner, R.; Mason-D'Croz, Daniel; Dunston, Shahnila; Ringler, Claudia; et al. 2020. Agricultural development and land‐use change in India: A scenario analysis of trade‐offs between UN Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs). Earth's Future 8(2): e2019EF001287. https://doi.org/10.1029/2019EF001287 |
| spellingShingle | goal 12 responsible production and consumption biodiversity food production sustainable development goals carbon sequestration land-use change agriculture land use agricultural development climate change mitigation food security agricultural productivity climate change Hinz, Roman Sulser, Timothy B. Huefner, R. Mason-D’Croz, Daniel Dunston, Shahnila Ringler, Claudia Agricultural development and land‐use change in India: A scenario analysis of trade‐offs between UN Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) |
| title | Agricultural development and land‐use change in India: A scenario analysis of trade‐offs between UN Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) |
| title_full | Agricultural development and land‐use change in India: A scenario analysis of trade‐offs between UN Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) |
| title_fullStr | Agricultural development and land‐use change in India: A scenario analysis of trade‐offs between UN Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) |
| title_full_unstemmed | Agricultural development and land‐use change in India: A scenario analysis of trade‐offs between UN Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) |
| title_short | Agricultural development and land‐use change in India: A scenario analysis of trade‐offs between UN Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) |
| title_sort | agricultural development and land use change in india a scenario analysis of trade offs between un sustainable development goals sdgs |
| topic | goal 12 responsible production and consumption biodiversity food production sustainable development goals carbon sequestration land-use change agriculture land use agricultural development climate change mitigation food security agricultural productivity climate change |
| url | https://hdl.handle.net/10568/142473 |
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