Using industrial wastes for rice-wheat cropping and food-energy-carbon-water-economic nexus to the sustainable food system

RS Meena, G Pradhan, S Kumar, R Lal - Renewable and Sustainable …, 2023 - Elsevier
This experiment aimed to develop a long-term sustainable food-energy-water-carbon-
economic nexus module by converting industrial wastes (IWs) to compost. In the …

Productivity, soil health, and carbon management index of soybean-wheat cropping system under double zero-tillage and natural-farming based organic nutrient …

G Verma, AK Dhaka, B Singh, A Kumar… - Science of the Total …, 2024 - Elsevier
Conservation-agriculture and organic-farming are two sustainable-agriculture approaches to
ensure food security and environmental-sustainability. Hence, a field study assessed the …

High-value crops' embedded groundnut-based production systems vis-à-vis system-mode integrated nutrient management: long-term impacts on system productivity …

RS Bana, AK Choudhary, RC Nirmal, BR Kuri… - Frontiers in Plant …, 2024 - frontiersin.org
The current study identified two new climate-resilient groundnut-based cropping systems
(GBCSs), viz., groundnut–fenugreek cropping system (GFCS) and groundnut–marigold …

Food-energy‑carbon nexus of Himalayan okra–pea cropping system: Impacts of AM-fungi, precision phosphorus and irrigation regimes in an acid Alfisol

A Kumar, AK Choudhary - Science of the Total Environment, 2023 - Elsevier
Conventional farming practices are energy and carbon-intensive. Low-cost technologies like
AM-fungi (AMF) and precision P-management vis-à-vis precision irrigation-scheduling may …

Optimizing crop water productivity and delineating root architecture and water balance in cotton–wheat cropping system through sub-surface drip irrigation and foliar …

T Kaur, PK Sharma, AS Brar, BB Vashisht… - Field Crops …, 2024 - Elsevier
Water-intensive agricultural practices in tandem with conventional irrigation methods such
as flood irrigation, has caused severe water scarcity in south-Asian Indo-Gangetic Plains …

[HTML][HTML] Soil water distribution and water productivity in red cabbage crop using superabsorbent polymeric hydrogels under different drip irrigation regimes

N Kishor, M Khanna, GA Rajanna, M Singh… - Agricultural Water …, 2024 - Elsevier
The water issue has emerged as a significant barrier to agricultural productivity, particularly
in dry and semiarid agro-ecologies, particularly during the winter season. Superabsorbent …

Sensor-based precision nutrient and irrigation management enhances the physiological performance, water productivity, and yield of soybean under system of crop …

KS Sachin, A Dass, S Dhar, GA Rajanna… - Frontiers in Plant …, 2023 - frontiersin.org
Sensor-based decision tools provide a quick assessment of nutritional and physiological
health status of crop, thereby enhancing the crop productivity. Therefore, a 2-year field study …

Crop establishment and nutrient management options: Optimizing productivity, maximize profitability and mitigating adverse climatic conditions in the maize-based …

M Hasanain, VK Singh, SS Rathore, VS Meena… - Field Crops …, 2024 - Elsevier
Poor fertilizer management and intensive tillage have increased production costs, lowered
productivity, and significantly depleted soil nutrients. Although nutrient management options …

System of wheat intensification (SWI): Effects on lodging resistance, photosynthetic efficiency, soil biomes, and water productivity

RK Singh, PK Upadhyay, S Dhar, R GA, VK Singh… - Plos one, 2024 - journals.plos.org
Intense cultivation with narrow row spacing in wheat, a common practice in the Indo-
Gangetic plains of South Asia, renders the crop more susceptible to lodging during …

[HTML][HTML] Optimizing crop nutrition in rainfed castor cultivation for higher productivity, energy efficiency, and reduced carbon footprint

RM Kumar, Y Madival, V Paramesh… - Environmental and …, 2024 - Elsevier
Nutrition plays a key role in achieving higher crop productivity. Whereas, rainfed cropping
greatly suffers due to imbalanced crop nutrition. Especially, crops like castor mostly face the …