Context-dependent agricultural intensification pathways to increase rice production in India

Yield gap analysis is used to characterize the untapped production potential of cropping systems. With emerging large-n agronomic datasets and data science methods, pathways for narrowing yield gaps can be identified that provide actionable insights into where and how cropping systems can be sustain...

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Autores principales: Hari S. Nayak, McDonald, Andrew J., Kumar, Virender, Craufurd, Peter Q., Dubey, Shantanu Kumar, Nayak, Amaresh Kumar, Parihar, Chiter Mal, Panneerselvam, Peramaiyan, Poonia, Shishpal, Fantaye, Kindie Tesfaye, Malik, Ram K., Urfels, Anton, Gautam, Udham Singh, Silva, João Vasco
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Publicado: Nature Publishing Group 2024
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Acceso en línea:https://hdl.handle.net/10568/158502
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author Hari S. Nayak
McDonald, Andrew J.
Kumar, Virender
Craufurd, Peter Q.
Dubey, Shantanu Kumar
Nayak, Amaresh Kumar
Parihar, Chiter Mal
Panneerselvam, Peramaiyan
Poonia, Shishpal
Fantaye, Kindie Tesfaye
Malik, Ram K.
Urfels, Anton
Gautam, Udham Singh
Silva, João Vasco
author_browse Craufurd, Peter Q.
Dubey, Shantanu Kumar
Fantaye, Kindie Tesfaye
Gautam, Udham Singh
Hari S. Nayak
Kumar, Virender
Malik, Ram K.
McDonald, Andrew J.
Nayak, Amaresh Kumar
Panneerselvam, Peramaiyan
Parihar, Chiter Mal
Poonia, Shishpal
Silva, João Vasco
Urfels, Anton
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McDonald, Andrew J.
Kumar, Virender
Craufurd, Peter Q.
Dubey, Shantanu Kumar
Nayak, Amaresh Kumar
Parihar, Chiter Mal
Panneerselvam, Peramaiyan
Poonia, Shishpal
Fantaye, Kindie Tesfaye
Malik, Ram K.
Urfels, Anton
Gautam, Udham Singh
Silva, João Vasco
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description Yield gap analysis is used to characterize the untapped production potential of cropping systems. With emerging large-n agronomic datasets and data science methods, pathways for narrowing yield gaps can be identified that provide actionable insights into where and how cropping systems can be sustainably intensified. Here we characterize the contributing factors to rice yield gaps across seven Indian states, with a case study region used to assess the power of intervention targeting. Primary yield constraints in the case study region were nitrogen and irrigation, but scenario analysis suggests modest average yield gains with universal adoption of higher nitrogen rates. When nitrogen limited fields are targeted for practice change (47% of the sample), yield gains are predicted to double. When nitrogen and irrigation co-limitations are targeted (20% of the sample), yield gains more than tripled. Results suggest that analytics-led strategies for crop intensification can generate transformative advances in productivity, profitability, and environmental outcomes.
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spelling CGSpace1585022025-11-12T04:57:45Z Context-dependent agricultural intensification pathways to increase rice production in India Hari S. Nayak McDonald, Andrew J. Kumar, Virender Craufurd, Peter Q. Dubey, Shantanu Kumar Nayak, Amaresh Kumar Parihar, Chiter Mal Panneerselvam, Peramaiyan Poonia, Shishpal Fantaye, Kindie Tesfaye Malik, Ram K. Urfels, Anton Gautam, Udham Singh Silva, João Vasco rice production yield gap cropping systems agricultural productivity agronomy profitability nitrogen-use efficiency irrigation datasets Yield gap analysis is used to characterize the untapped production potential of cropping systems. With emerging large-n agronomic datasets and data science methods, pathways for narrowing yield gaps can be identified that provide actionable insights into where and how cropping systems can be sustainably intensified. Here we characterize the contributing factors to rice yield gaps across seven Indian states, with a case study region used to assess the power of intervention targeting. Primary yield constraints in the case study region were nitrogen and irrigation, but scenario analysis suggests modest average yield gains with universal adoption of higher nitrogen rates. When nitrogen limited fields are targeted for practice change (47% of the sample), yield gains are predicted to double. When nitrogen and irrigation co-limitations are targeted (20% of the sample), yield gains more than tripled. Results suggest that analytics-led strategies for crop intensification can generate transformative advances in productivity, profitability, and environmental outcomes. 2024-09-27 2024-11-04T17:40:13Z 2024-11-04T17:40:13Z Journal Article https://hdl.handle.net/10568/158502 en Open Access application/pdf Nature Publishing Group Nayak, H. S., McDonald, A. J., Kumar, V., Craufurd, P., Dubey, S. K., Nayak, A. K., Parihar, C. M., Peramaiyan, P., Poonia, S., Tesfaye, K., Malik, R. K., Urfels, A., Gautam, U. S., & Silva, J. V. (2024). Context-dependent agricultural intensification pathways to increase rice production in India. Nature Communications, 15, 8403. https://doi.org/10.1038/s41467-024-52448-6
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production
yield gap
cropping systems
agricultural productivity
agronomy
profitability
nitrogen-use efficiency
irrigation
datasets
Hari S. Nayak
McDonald, Andrew J.
Kumar, Virender
Craufurd, Peter Q.
Dubey, Shantanu Kumar
Nayak, Amaresh Kumar
Parihar, Chiter Mal
Panneerselvam, Peramaiyan
Poonia, Shishpal
Fantaye, Kindie Tesfaye
Malik, Ram K.
Urfels, Anton
Gautam, Udham Singh
Silva, João Vasco
Context-dependent agricultural intensification pathways to increase rice production in India
title Context-dependent agricultural intensification pathways to increase rice production in India
title_full Context-dependent agricultural intensification pathways to increase rice production in India
title_fullStr Context-dependent agricultural intensification pathways to increase rice production in India
title_full_unstemmed Context-dependent agricultural intensification pathways to increase rice production in India
title_short Context-dependent agricultural intensification pathways to increase rice production in India
title_sort context dependent agricultural intensification pathways to increase rice production in india
topic rice
production
yield gap
cropping systems
agricultural productivity
agronomy
profitability
nitrogen-use efficiency
irrigation
datasets
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