Geospatial assessment of flood-tolerant rice varieties to guide climate adaptation strategies in India

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cg.contributor.crpWater, Land and Ecosystems
cg.contributor.crpClimate Change, Agriculture and Food Security
cg.coverage.countryIndia
cg.coverage.iso3166-alpha2IN
cg.coverage.regionSouthern Asia
cg.creator.identifierGiriraj Amarnath: 0000-0002-7390-9800
cg.identifier.doihttps://doi.org/10.3390/cli9100151en
cg.identifier.iwmilibraryH050735
cg.isijournalISI Journalen
cg.issn2225-1154en
cg.issue10en
cg.journalClimateen
cg.reviewStatusPeer Reviewen
cg.volume9en
dc.contributor.authorKoppa, Nishaen
dc.contributor.authorAmarnath, Girirajen
dc.date.accessioned2021-10-31T23:59:39Zen
dc.date.available2021-10-31T23:59:39Zen
dc.identifier.urihttps://hdl.handle.net/10568/115760
dc.titleGeospatial assessment of flood-tolerant rice varieties to guide climate adaptation strategies in Indiaen
dcterms.abstractRice is the most important food crop. With the largest rain-fed lowland area in the world, flooding is considered as the most important abiotic stress to rice production in India. With climate change, it is expected that the frequency and severity of the floods will increase over the years. These changes will have a severe impact on the rain-fed agriculture production and livelihoods of millions of farmers in the flood affected region. There are numerous flood risk adaptation and mitigation options available for rain-fed agriculture in India. Procuring, maintaining and distributing the newly developed submergence-tolerant rice variety called Swarna-Sub1 could play an important role in minimizing the effect of flood on rice production. This paper assesses the quantity and cost of a flood-tolerant rice seed variety- Swarna-Sub1, that would be required during the main cropping season of rice i.e., kharif at a district level for 17 major Indian states. The need for SS1 seeds for rice production was assessed by developing a geospatial framework using remote sensing to map the suitability of SS1, to help stakeholders prepare better in managing the flood risks. Results indicate that districts of Bihar, West Bengal and Uttar Pradesh will require the highest amount of SS1 seeds for flood adaptation strategies. The total estimated seed requirement for these 17 states would cost around 370 crores INR, less than 0.01 percent of Indian central government’s budget allocation for agriculture sector.en
dcterms.accessRightsOpen Access
dcterms.available2021-10-13
dcterms.bibliographicCitationKoppa, Nisha; Amarnath, Giriraj. 2021. Geospatial assessment of flood-tolerant rice varieties to guide climate adaptation strategies in India. Climate, 9(10):151. (Special issue: Climate Change and Food Insecurity) [doi: https://doi.org/10.3390/cli9100151]en
dcterms.extent9(10):151. (Special issue: Climate Change and Food Insecurity)en
dcterms.issued2021-10-13
dcterms.languageen
dcterms.licenseCC-BY-4.0
dcterms.publisherMDPIen
dcterms.subjectflooding toleranceen
dcterms.subjectriceen
dcterms.subjectseedsen
dcterms.subjectclimate change adaptationen
dcterms.subjectstrategiesen
dcterms.subjectremote sensingen
dcterms.subjectgeographical information systemsen
dcterms.subjectspatial dataen
dcterms.subjectassessmenten
dcterms.subjectdisaster risk managementen
dcterms.subjectrainfed farmingen
dcterms.subjectagricultural productionen
dcterms.subjectland useen
dcterms.subjectfarmersen
dcterms.subjectlivelihoodsen
dcterms.subjectmoderate resolution imaging spectroradiometeren
dcterms.typeJournal Article

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