Productivity and sustainability of the rice–wheat cropping system in the Indo-Gangetic Plains of the Indian subcontinent: problems, opportunities, and strategies

BS Chauhan, G Mahajan, V Sardana, J Timsina… - Advances in …, 2012 - Elsevier
Rice and wheat are the staple foods for almost the entire Asian population and therefore
they occupy a premium position among all food commodities. The era of the Green …

[HTML][HTML] Decisions on design and planning of solar-assisted hydroponic farms under various subsidy schemes

Z Xu, A Elomri, T Al-Ansari, L Kerbache… - … and Sustainable Energy …, 2022 - Elsevier
Due to rapid urbanization in developing countries, it is necessary for respective
governments to seek new approaches to providing sustainable fresh food and clean energy …

Assessment of trends and multi-decadal changes in groundwater level in parts of the Malwa region, Punjab, India

S Sahoo, S Swain, A Goswami, R Sharma… - Groundwater for …, 2021 - Elsevier
Due to spatial unevenness in rainfall, groundwater dependency for irrigation has increased
exponentially, which poses a challenge for its sustainability. Hence, the long-term behaviour …

Irrigation water management in Iran: Implications for water use efficiency improvement

B Nazari, A Liaghat, MR Akbari, M Keshavarz - Agricultural water …, 2018 - Elsevier
Water is the most essential resource for the production of agricultural goods and services.
However, high levels of water stress and increased frequency and intensity of droughts …

Modelling water levels of northwestern India in response to improved irrigation use efficiency

S Shekhar, S Kumar, AL Densmore, WM Van Dijk… - Scientific reports, 2020 - nature.com
The groundwater crisis in northwestern India is the result of over-exploitation of groundwater
resources for irrigation. The Government of India has targeted a 20 percent improvement in …

Water-food-energy: nexus and non-nexus approaches for optimal cropping pattern

I El-Gafy, N Grigg, R Waskom - Water resources management, 2017 - Springer
Given the water-food-energy interconnections, integrated planning, policy and management
using the nexus approach are required for the food production system. In this study the …

Developing a new water–energy–food‐greenhouse gases nexus tool for sustainable agricultural landscape management

H Masaeli, A Gohari… - Sustainable …, 2023 - Wiley Online Library
A new comprehensive water, energy, food, greenhouse gas (WEFG) nexus index was
developed to capture the interrelationships between them. A total of 11 indicators were …

[PDF][PDF] Conservation agriculture in Punjab-economic implications of technologies and practices

RS Sidhu, K Vatta, HS Dhaliwal - Indian Journal of …, 2010 - ageconsearch.umn.edu
Modern agriculture based on high yielding seeds, chemical using production and protection
technologies and intensive use of natural resources paid rich dividends by bringing manifold …

Optimization of cropping pattern under seasonal fluctuations of surface water using multistage stochastic programming

A Mirzaei, H Azarm, S Naghavi - Water Supply, 2022 - iwaponline.com
Given rapid socio-economic development, increasing food demand and decreasing
available resources, the challenge of seasonal fluctuations of surface water has become a …

[PDF][PDF] Optimization of the cropping pattern in Saudi Arabia using a mathematical programming sector model

AM Alabdulkader, AI Al-Amoud… - Agricultural Economics, 2012 - researchgate.net
MATERIALS AND METHODS Fourteen cash crops grown in nine major croppingproduction
regions (study regions) in Saudi Arabia were considered to optimize the cropping pattern in …