Sustainable intensification in eastern gangetic plains of South Asia via conservation agriculture for energy, water and food security under climate smart management system

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cg.authorship.typesCGIAR and developing country instituteen_US
cg.contributor.affiliationInternational Maize and Wheat Improvement Centeren_US
cg.contributor.affiliationSher-e-Kashmir University of Agricultural Sciences and Technologyen_US
cg.contributor.donorCGIAR Trust Funden_US
cg.contributor.initiativeTransforming Agrifood Systems in South Asiaen_US
cg.coverage.regionAsiaen_US
cg.coverage.regionSouthern Asiaen_US
cg.creator.identifierMahesh K Gathala;: 0000-0001-8282-2953en_US
cg.howPublishedFormally Publisheden_US
cg.identifier.doihttps://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-031-09218-3_13en_US
cg.isbn9783031092176en_US
cg.isbn9783031092183en_US
cg.placeSwitzerlanden_US
cg.reviewStatusPeer Reviewen_US
cg.subject.actionAreaResilient Agrifood Systemsen_US
cg.subject.impactAreaNutrition, health and food securityen_US
dc.contributor.authorGathala, Mahesh Kumaren_US
dc.contributor.authorMahdi, S. Sherazen_US
dc.contributor.authorJan, Rukhsanaen_US
dc.contributor.authorWani, Owais W.en_US
dc.contributor.authorParthiban, M.en_US
dc.date.accessioned2023-01-11T09:23:55Zen_US
dc.date.available2023-01-11T09:23:55Zen_US
dc.identifier.urihttps://hdl.handle.net/10568/126832en_US
dc.titleSustainable intensification in eastern gangetic plains of South Asia via conservation agriculture for energy, water and food security under climate smart management systemen_US
dcterms.abstractRice cultivation in the South Asian region of Eastern Gangetic Plains (EGP) is running out of water, labour, low productivity and profitability. In addition, this system of crop production often ignores CO2-equivalent greenhouse-gas emissions, which are often rather significant. Although a dominant food-producing region in Asia is becoming poor in crop production, crop management approaches based on conservation agriculture-based sustainable intensification (CASI) increase the crop yields and improve profitability while lowering the water, energy and labour requirements, as well as greenhouse-gas emissions. The use of CASI approaches in EGP region villages and districts enhances crop diversification and intensifies their production. It also facilitates employment opportunities and micro entrepreneurship in rural areas. In on-farm experiments traditional and improved approaches in rice-based cropping systems were compared. We discovered that CASI management approaches increased the crop yields by 10%, reduced labour demand by 50% and increased water and energy productivity by 19% and 26% respectively. Overall, these findings showed that using CASI lowered crop production costs by up to 22% and raised gross margins by 12–32% compared with traditional methods. CASI management also resulted in CO2-equivalent emissions that were between 10% and 17% lower than those with traditional management. Initially, this principal research was collaborated on with farmer support groups for further extension. To encourage CASI adoption and out-scaling on a scale outside of research domains, an actively supporting policy environment was required.en_US
dcterms.accessRightsLimited Accessen_US
dcterms.audienceScientistsen_US
dcterms.available2022-11-12en_US
dcterms.bibliographicCitationGathala, M. K., Mahdi, S. S., Jan, R., Wani, O. A., & Parthiban, M. (2022). Sustainable intensification in eastern gangetic plains of south asia via conservation agriculture for energy, water and food security under climate smart management system. IN: F. A. Bahar, M. Anwar Bhat, & S. S. Mahdi (Eds.), Secondary Agriculture. Cham: Springer: 169–188en_US
dcterms.issued2022en_US
dcterms.languageenen_US
dcterms.licenseCopyrighted; all rights reserveden_US
dcterms.publisherSpringeren_US
dcterms.subjectconservation agricultureen_US
dcterms.subjectfood securityen_US
dcterms.subjectsoil qualityen_US
dcterms.subjectwater productivityen_US
dcterms.subjectclimate changeen_US
dcterms.typeBook Chapteren_US

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