Are weeds really an issue in Zero Tillage systems? Farmer insights from the Eastern Gangetic Plains of South Asia

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cg.contributor.affiliationInternational Maize and Wheat Improvement Centeren_US
cg.contributor.affiliationInternational Rice Research Instituteen_US
cg.contributor.affiliationCommonwealth Scientific and Industrial Research Organisation, Australiaen_US
cg.contributor.donorAustralian Centre for International Agricultural Researchen_US
cg.contributor.donorCGIAR Trust Funden_US
cg.coverage.regionSouthern Asiaen_US
cg.coverage.regionAsiaen_US
cg.howPublishedGrey Literatureen_US
cg.subject.impactAreaGender equality, youth and social inclusionen_US
cg.subject.impactPlatformGenderen_US
cg.subject.sdgSDG 5 - Gender equalityen_US
dc.contributor.authorChaudhary, Anjanaen_US
dc.contributor.authorSuri, Bhavyaen_US
dc.contributor.authorTimsina, Pragyaen_US
dc.contributor.authorKarki, Emmaen_US
dc.contributor.authorSharma, Akritien_US
dc.contributor.authorGartaula, Hom Nathen_US
dc.contributor.authorBrown, Brendanen_US
dc.date.accessioned2024-01-04T12:46:35Zen_US
dc.date.available2024-01-04T12:46:35Zen_US
dc.identifier.urihttps://hdl.handle.net/10568/136968en_US
dc.titleAre weeds really an issue in Zero Tillage systems? Farmer insights from the Eastern Gangetic Plains of South Asiaen_US
dcterms.abstractA large amount of literature has now proven that zero tillage (ZT) as a part of Conservation Agriculture-based Sustainable Intensification (CASI) practices has the potential to help smallholder farmers in the Eastern Gangetic Plains (EGP) of South Asia transition to more productive, profitable, and sustainable production systems. Despite this, changes in weed management under ZT are commonly identified as a constraint to wider adoption, based primarily on quantitative investigations. Yet the contribution of this to farmers’ evaluation and adoption behavior remain underexplored. To address this, we explore farmers’ perceptions on CASI-based herbicide weed management systems using semi-structured interviews from six locations across the EGP. This study identifies a divergence in experiences with herbicides, both geographically (with more negative reports from Sunsari and Bihar than other locations) and in terms of user typologies (where users are overwhelmingly positive, and nonusers are overwhelmingly negative). This divergence suggests that an information void exists that has the potential to contribute strongly to the negative evaluation of CASI, as well as potentially negative changes in household labor dynamics. To overcome this, promotional efforts should target education and training programs that address how to effectively spray, potentially with increased emphasis on weather forecasting use. This will ensure equitable outcomes for household members, and increased interest and use of CASI can be enabled.en_US
dcterms.accessRightsOpen Accessen_US
dcterms.audienceScientistsen_US
dcterms.bibliographicCitationChaudhary, Anjana; Suri, Bhavya; Timsina, Pragya; Karki, Emma; Sharma, Akriti; Gartaula, Hom Nath; Brown, Brendan. 2023. Are weeds really an issue in Zero Tillage systems? Farmer insights from the Eastern Gangetic Plains of South Asia . Presentation. Presented at the CGIAR GENDER Conference 'From Research to Impact: Towards just and resilient agri-food systems', New Delhi, India, 9-12 October 2023. International Maize and Wheat Improvement Centeren_US
dcterms.issued2023-10-12en_US
dcterms.languageenen_US
dcterms.licenseOtheren_US
dcterms.publisherInternational Maize and Wheat Improvement Centeren_US
dcterms.subjectgenderen_US
dcterms.subjectagricultureen_US
dcterms.subjectresearchen_US
dcterms.subjectweedsen_US
dcterms.typePresentationen_US

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