Designing profitable, resource use efficient and environmentally sound cereal based systems for the Western Indo-Gangetic plains
In the western Indo-Gangetic plains, issues of deterioration in soil, water, and environment quality coupled with low profitability jeopardize the sustainability of the dominant rice-wheat (RW) system. To address these issues, crop diversification and conservation agriculture (CA)-based management h...
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| author | Jat, H.S. |
| author2 | Kumar, V. Datta, A. Choudhary, M. Yadvinder-Singh Kakraliya Suresh Kumar Poonia, T. Mcdonald, A. Jat, M.L. Sharma, P.C. |
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| author_browse | Choudhary, M. Datta, A. Jat, H.S. Jat, M.L. Kakraliya Suresh Kumar Kumar, V. Mcdonald, A. Poonia, T. Sharma, P.C. Yadvinder-Singh |
| author_facet | Jat, H.S. Kumar, V. Datta, A. Choudhary, M. Yadvinder-Singh Kakraliya Suresh Kumar Poonia, T. Mcdonald, A. Jat, M.L. Sharma, P.C. |
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| description | In the western Indo-Gangetic plains, issues of deterioration in soil, water, and environment quality coupled with low profitability jeopardize the sustainability of the dominant rice-wheat (RW) system. To address these issues, crop diversification and conservation agriculture (CA)-based management hold considerable promise but the adoption of both approaches has been low, and additional evidence generation from a multi-criteria productivity and sustainability perspective is likely required to help drive the change. Compared to prevailing farmers' practice (FP), results suggest that CA-based rice management increased profitability by 13% and energy use efficiency (EUE) by 21% while reducing irrigation by 19% and global warming potential (GWP) by 28%. By substituting CA-based maize for rice, similar mean profitability gains were realized (16%) but transformative improvements in irrigation (-84%), EUE (+231%), and GWP (-95%) were observed compared to FP. Inclusion of mungbean in the rotation (i.e. maize-wheat-mungbean) with CA-based management increased the system productivity, profitability, and EUE by 11, 25 and 103%, respectively while decreasing irrigation water use by 64% and GWP by 106% compared to FP. Despite considerable benefits from the CA-based maize-wheat system, adoption of maize is not widespread due to uneven market demand and assured price guarantees for rice. |
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| spelling | Designing profitable, resource use efficient and environmentally sound cereal based systems for the Western Indo-Gangetic plains Jat, H.S. Kumar, V. Datta, A. Choudhary, M. Yadvinder-Singh Kakraliya Suresh Kumar Poonia, T. Mcdonald, A. Jat, M.L. Sharma, P.C. AGRICULTURAL SCIENCES AND BIOTECHNOLOGY SUSTAINABILITY CROPPING SYSTEMS CONSERVATION AGRICULTURE In the western Indo-Gangetic plains, issues of deterioration in soil, water, and environment quality coupled with low profitability jeopardize the sustainability of the dominant rice-wheat (RW) system. To address these issues, crop diversification and conservation agriculture (CA)-based management hold considerable promise but the adoption of both approaches has been low, and additional evidence generation from a multi-criteria productivity and sustainability perspective is likely required to help drive the change. Compared to prevailing farmers' practice (FP), results suggest that CA-based rice management increased profitability by 13% and energy use efficiency (EUE) by 21% while reducing irrigation by 19% and global warming potential (GWP) by 28%. By substituting CA-based maize for rice, similar mean profitability gains were realized (16%) but transformative improvements in irrigation (-84%), EUE (+231%), and GWP (-95%) were observed compared to FP. Inclusion of mungbean in the rotation (i.e. maize-wheat-mungbean) with CA-based management increased the system productivity, profitability, and EUE by 11, 25 and 103%, respectively while decreasing irrigation water use by 64% and GWP by 106% compared to FP. Despite considerable benefits from the CA-based maize-wheat system, adoption of maize is not widespread due to uneven market demand and assured price guarantees for rice. Nature Publishing Group https://hdl.handle.net/10883/21068 10.1038/s41598-020-76035-z |
| spellingShingle | Designing profitable, resource use efficient and environmentally sound cereal based systems for the Western Indo-Gangetic plains Jat, H.S. AGRICULTURAL SCIENCES AND BIOTECHNOLOGY SUSTAINABILITY CROPPING SYSTEMS CONSERVATION AGRICULTURE |
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| title | Designing profitable, resource use efficient and environmentally sound cereal based systems for the Western Indo-Gangetic plains |
| title_full | Designing profitable, resource use efficient and environmentally sound cereal based systems for the Western Indo-Gangetic plains |
| title_fullStr | Designing profitable, resource use efficient and environmentally sound cereal based systems for the Western Indo-Gangetic plains |
| title_full_unstemmed | Designing profitable, resource use efficient and environmentally sound cereal based systems for the Western Indo-Gangetic plains |
| title_short | Designing profitable, resource use efficient and environmentally sound cereal based systems for the Western Indo-Gangetic plains |
| title_sort | Designing profitable, resource use efficient and environmentally sound cereal based systems for the Western Indo-Gangetic plains |
| topic | AGRICULTURAL SCIENCES AND BIOTECHNOLOGY SUSTAINABILITY CROPPING SYSTEMS CONSERVATION AGRICULTURE |
| topic_facet | AGRICULTURAL SCIENCES AND BIOTECHNOLOGY SUSTAINABILITY CROPPING SYSTEMS CONSERVATION AGRICULTURE |
| url | https://hdl.handle.net/10883/21068 |