Identifying high-yield low-emission pathways for the cereal production in South Asia

Increasing agricultural production to meet the growing demand for food whilst reducing agricultural greenhouse gas (GHG) emissions is the major challenge under the changing climate. To develop long-term policies that address these challenges, strategies are needed to identify high-yield low-emission...

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Autores principales: Sapkota, Tek Bahadur, Aryal, Jeetendra Prakash, Khatri-Chhetri, Arun, Shirsath, Paresh Bhaskar, Arumugam, Ponraj, Stirling, Clare M.
Formato: Journal Article
Lenguaje:Inglés
Publicado: Springer 2018
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Acceso en línea:https://hdl.handle.net/10568/83009
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author Sapkota, Tek Bahadur
Aryal, Jeetendra Prakash
Khatri-Chhetri, Arun
Shirsath, Paresh Bhaskar
Arumugam, Ponraj
Stirling, Clare M.
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Aryal, Jeetendra Prakash
Khatri-Chhetri, Arun
Sapkota, Tek Bahadur
Shirsath, Paresh Bhaskar
Stirling, Clare M.
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Aryal, Jeetendra Prakash
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description Increasing agricultural production to meet the growing demand for food whilst reducing agricultural greenhouse gas (GHG) emissions is the major challenge under the changing climate. To develop long-term policies that address these challenges, strategies are needed to identify high-yield low-emission pathways for particular agricultural production systems. In this paper, we used bio-physical and socio-economic models to analyze the impact of different management practices on crop yield and emissions in two contrasting agricultural production systems of the Indo-Gangetic Plain (IGP) of India. The result revealed the importance of considering both management and socio-economic factors in the development of high-yield low-emission pathways for cereal production systems. Nitrogen use rate and frequency of application, tillage and residue management and manure application significantly affected GHG emissions from the cereal systems. In addition, various socio-economic factors such as gender, level of education, training on climate change adaptation and mitigation and access to information significantly influenced the adoption of technologies contributing to high-yield low-emission pathways. We discussed the policy implications of these findings in the context of food security and climate change.
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spelling CGSpace830092025-02-20T11:27:48Z Identifying high-yield low-emission pathways for the cereal production in South Asia Sapkota, Tek Bahadur Aryal, Jeetendra Prakash Khatri-Chhetri, Arun Shirsath, Paresh Bhaskar Arumugam, Ponraj Stirling, Clare M. climate change agriculture food security mitigation greenhouse gases Increasing agricultural production to meet the growing demand for food whilst reducing agricultural greenhouse gas (GHG) emissions is the major challenge under the changing climate. To develop long-term policies that address these challenges, strategies are needed to identify high-yield low-emission pathways for particular agricultural production systems. In this paper, we used bio-physical and socio-economic models to analyze the impact of different management practices on crop yield and emissions in two contrasting agricultural production systems of the Indo-Gangetic Plain (IGP) of India. The result revealed the importance of considering both management and socio-economic factors in the development of high-yield low-emission pathways for cereal production systems. Nitrogen use rate and frequency of application, tillage and residue management and manure application significantly affected GHG emissions from the cereal systems. In addition, various socio-economic factors such as gender, level of education, training on climate change adaptation and mitigation and access to information significantly influenced the adoption of technologies contributing to high-yield low-emission pathways. We discussed the policy implications of these findings in the context of food security and climate change. 2018-04 2017-08-04T19:58:04Z 2017-08-04T19:58:04Z Journal Article https://hdl.handle.net/10568/83009 en Open Access Springer Sapkota TB, Aryal JP, Khatri-Chhetri A, Shirsath PB, Arumugam P, Stirling CM. 2017. Identifying high-yield low-emission pathways for the cereal production in South Asia. Mitigation and Adaptation Strategies for Global Change 1-21.
spellingShingle climate change
agriculture
food security
mitigation
greenhouse gases
Sapkota, Tek Bahadur
Aryal, Jeetendra Prakash
Khatri-Chhetri, Arun
Shirsath, Paresh Bhaskar
Arumugam, Ponraj
Stirling, Clare M.
Identifying high-yield low-emission pathways for the cereal production in South Asia
title Identifying high-yield low-emission pathways for the cereal production in South Asia
title_full Identifying high-yield low-emission pathways for the cereal production in South Asia
title_fullStr Identifying high-yield low-emission pathways for the cereal production in South Asia
title_full_unstemmed Identifying high-yield low-emission pathways for the cereal production in South Asia
title_short Identifying high-yield low-emission pathways for the cereal production in South Asia
title_sort identifying high yield low emission pathways for the cereal production in south asia
topic climate change
agriculture
food security
mitigation
greenhouse gases
url https://hdl.handle.net/10568/83009
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