An impact of agronomic practices of sustainable rice-wheat crop intensification on food security, economic adaptability, and environmental mitigation across eastern Indo-Gangetic Plains

In the eastern Indo-Gangetic Plains (EIGP), conventional rice-wheat system has led to a decline in productivity, input-use efficiency, and profitability. To address these, a four-year field study was conducted to evaluate the performance of tillage and crop establishment (TCE) methods in rice-wheat-...

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Main Authors: Mishra, J.S., Poonia, S.P., Kumar, Rakesh, Dubey, Rachana, Kumar, Virender, Mondal, Surajit, Dwivedi, S.K., Rao, K.K., Kumar, Rahul, Tamta, Manisha, Verma, Mausam, Saurabh, Kirti, Kumar, Santosh, Bhatt, B.P., Malik, R.K., McDonald, Andrew, Bhaskar, S.
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Online Access:https://hdl.handle.net/10568/164262
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author Mishra, J.S.
Poonia, S.P.
Kumar, Rakesh
Dubey, Rachana
Kumar, Virender
Mondal, Surajit
Dwivedi, S.K.
Rao, K.K.
Kumar, Rahul
Tamta, Manisha
Verma, Mausam
Saurabh, Kirti
Kumar, Santosh
Bhatt, B.P.
Malik, R.K.
McDonald, Andrew
Bhaskar, S.
author_browse Bhaskar, S.
Bhatt, B.P.
Dubey, Rachana
Dwivedi, S.K.
Kumar, Rahul
Kumar, Rakesh
Kumar, Santosh
Kumar, Virender
Malik, R.K.
McDonald, Andrew
Mishra, J.S.
Mondal, Surajit
Poonia, S.P.
Rao, K.K.
Saurabh, Kirti
Tamta, Manisha
Verma, Mausam
author_facet Mishra, J.S.
Poonia, S.P.
Kumar, Rakesh
Dubey, Rachana
Kumar, Virender
Mondal, Surajit
Dwivedi, S.K.
Rao, K.K.
Kumar, Rahul
Tamta, Manisha
Verma, Mausam
Saurabh, Kirti
Kumar, Santosh
Bhatt, B.P.
Malik, R.K.
McDonald, Andrew
Bhaskar, S.
author_sort Mishra, J.S.
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description In the eastern Indo-Gangetic Plains (EIGP), conventional rice-wheat system has led to a decline in productivity, input-use efficiency, and profitability. To address these, a four-year field study was conducted to evaluate the performance of tillage and crop establishment (TCE) methods in rice-wheat-greengram rotation. The treatments included: 1) random puddled transplanted rice (RPTR) - conventional-till broadcast wheat (BCW) - zero-till greengram (ZTG); 2) line PTR (LPTR) - conventional-till drill sown wheat (CTW) - ZTG; 3) machine transplanted rice in puddled soil (CTMTR) - zero tillage wheat (ZTW) - ZTG; 4) machine transplanted rice in zero-till wet soil (ZTMTR) - ZTW - ZTG; 5) system of rice intensification (SRI) - system of wheat intensification (SWI) - ZTG; 6) direct-seeded rice (DSR) - ZTW - ZTG; and 7) zero-till DSR - ZTW - ZTG. During the initial two years, conventional rice system (PTR) recorded a 16.2 % higher rice grain yield than DSR system. Whereas in the fourth year, the rice yields under DSR and PTR were comparable. As compared to SRI/SWI, the average wheat yield in ZT system was significantly high, whereas in rice, SRI/SWI system was comparable with CT system. ZTW after non-puddled rice was at par to CTW after PTR. The ZT wheat produced 4.6 % more yield than CT system. DSR production system consumed 6.8 % less water compared to transplanted system. On the system basis, 10.8 % higher net returns were recorded with CA-based system compared to conventional system. The system energy productivity under CA-based production system was 14–36 % higher than PTR-based systems. CA-based system also led to 8–10 % lower global warming potential (GWP) than conventional methods. The current study indicated that as compared to conventional system, a significant gain in productivity, profitability and energy-use efficiency, and reduction in the environmental mitigation are possible with emerging alternative TCE methods. Long-term expansion and further refinement of these technologies in local areas need to be explored for the second green revolution.
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spelling CGSpace1642622024-12-19T14:12:52Z An impact of agronomic practices of sustainable rice-wheat crop intensification on food security, economic adaptability, and environmental mitigation across eastern Indo-Gangetic Plains Mishra, J.S. Poonia, S.P. Kumar, Rakesh Dubey, Rachana Kumar, Virender Mondal, Surajit Dwivedi, S.K. Rao, K.K. Kumar, Rahul Tamta, Manisha Verma, Mausam Saurabh, Kirti Kumar, Santosh Bhatt, B.P. Malik, R.K. McDonald, Andrew Bhaskar, S. agronomy crop science soil science In the eastern Indo-Gangetic Plains (EIGP), conventional rice-wheat system has led to a decline in productivity, input-use efficiency, and profitability. To address these, a four-year field study was conducted to evaluate the performance of tillage and crop establishment (TCE) methods in rice-wheat-greengram rotation. The treatments included: 1) random puddled transplanted rice (RPTR) - conventional-till broadcast wheat (BCW) - zero-till greengram (ZTG); 2) line PTR (LPTR) - conventional-till drill sown wheat (CTW) - ZTG; 3) machine transplanted rice in puddled soil (CTMTR) - zero tillage wheat (ZTW) - ZTG; 4) machine transplanted rice in zero-till wet soil (ZTMTR) - ZTW - ZTG; 5) system of rice intensification (SRI) - system of wheat intensification (SWI) - ZTG; 6) direct-seeded rice (DSR) - ZTW - ZTG; and 7) zero-till DSR - ZTW - ZTG. During the initial two years, conventional rice system (PTR) recorded a 16.2 % higher rice grain yield than DSR system. Whereas in the fourth year, the rice yields under DSR and PTR were comparable. As compared to SRI/SWI, the average wheat yield in ZT system was significantly high, whereas in rice, SRI/SWI system was comparable with CT system. ZTW after non-puddled rice was at par to CTW after PTR. The ZT wheat produced 4.6 % more yield than CT system. DSR production system consumed 6.8 % less water compared to transplanted system. On the system basis, 10.8 % higher net returns were recorded with CA-based system compared to conventional system. The system energy productivity under CA-based production system was 14–36 % higher than PTR-based systems. CA-based system also led to 8–10 % lower global warming potential (GWP) than conventional methods. The current study indicated that as compared to conventional system, a significant gain in productivity, profitability and energy-use efficiency, and reduction in the environmental mitigation are possible with emerging alternative TCE methods. Long-term expansion and further refinement of these technologies in local areas need to be explored for the second green revolution. 2021-06 2024-12-19T12:53:39Z 2024-12-19T12:53:39Z Journal Article https://hdl.handle.net/10568/164262 en Open Access Elsevier Mishra, J.S.; Poonia, S.P.; Kumar, Rakesh; Dubey, Rachana; Kumar, Virender; Mondal, Surajit; Dwivedi, S.K.; Rao, K.K.; Kumar, Rahul; Tamta, Manisha; Verma, Mausam; Saurabh, Kirti; Kumar, Santosh; Bhatt, B.P.; Malik, R.K.; McDonald, Andrew and Bhaskar, S. 2021. An impact of agronomic practices of sustainable rice-wheat crop intensification on food security, economic adaptability, and environmental mitigation across eastern Indo-Gangetic Plains. Field Crops Research, Volume 267 p. 108164
spellingShingle agronomy
crop science
soil science
Mishra, J.S.
Poonia, S.P.
Kumar, Rakesh
Dubey, Rachana
Kumar, Virender
Mondal, Surajit
Dwivedi, S.K.
Rao, K.K.
Kumar, Rahul
Tamta, Manisha
Verma, Mausam
Saurabh, Kirti
Kumar, Santosh
Bhatt, B.P.
Malik, R.K.
McDonald, Andrew
Bhaskar, S.
An impact of agronomic practices of sustainable rice-wheat crop intensification on food security, economic adaptability, and environmental mitigation across eastern Indo-Gangetic Plains
title An impact of agronomic practices of sustainable rice-wheat crop intensification on food security, economic adaptability, and environmental mitigation across eastern Indo-Gangetic Plains
title_full An impact of agronomic practices of sustainable rice-wheat crop intensification on food security, economic adaptability, and environmental mitigation across eastern Indo-Gangetic Plains
title_fullStr An impact of agronomic practices of sustainable rice-wheat crop intensification on food security, economic adaptability, and environmental mitigation across eastern Indo-Gangetic Plains
title_full_unstemmed An impact of agronomic practices of sustainable rice-wheat crop intensification on food security, economic adaptability, and environmental mitigation across eastern Indo-Gangetic Plains
title_short An impact of agronomic practices of sustainable rice-wheat crop intensification on food security, economic adaptability, and environmental mitigation across eastern Indo-Gangetic Plains
title_sort impact of agronomic practices of sustainable rice wheat crop intensification on food security economic adaptability and environmental mitigation across eastern indo gangetic plains
topic agronomy
crop science
soil science
url https://hdl.handle.net/10568/164262
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