Designing profitable, resource use efficient and environmentally sound cereal based systems for the Western Indo-Gangetic plains

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dc.creatorJat, Hanuman Sahay
dc.creatorKumar, Virender
dc.creatorDatta, Ashim
dc.creatorChoudhary, Madhu
dc.creatorSingh, Yadvinder
dc.creatorKakraliya, S.
dc.creatorPoonia, Tanuja
dc.creatorMcDonald, Andrew J.
dc.creatorJat, Mangi Lal
dc.creatorSharma, Parbodh Chander
dc.date2020-11-06
dc.date2021-01-05T13:23:17Z
dc.date2021-01-05T13:23:17Z
dc.date.accessioned2026-06-27T04:11:40Z
dc.descriptionIn 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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dc.identifierhttps://hdl.handle.net/10568/110703
dc.identifier.urihttp://hdl.handle.net/123456789/24649
dc.languageen
dc.publisherSpringer
dc.rightsOpen Access
dc.sourceJat HS, Kumar V, Datta A, Choudhary M, Singh Y, Kakraliya SK , Poonia T, McDonald AJ, Jat ML, Sharma PC. 2020. Designing proftable, resource use efficient and environmentally sound cereal based systems for the Western Indo Gangetic plains. Scientific Reports 10:19267.
dc.subjectfood security
dc.subjectclimate change
dc.subjectagriculture
dc.subjectprofitability
dc.subjectresources
dc.titleDesigning profitable, resource use efficient and environmentally sound cereal based systems for the Western Indo-Gangetic plains
dc.typeJournal Article

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