[HTML][HTML] Soil degradation in India: Challenges and potential solutions

R Bhattacharyya, BN Ghosh, PK Mishra, B Mandal… - Sustainability, 2015 - mdpi.com
Soil degradation in India is estimated to be occurring on 147 million hectares (Mha) of land,
including 94 Mha from water erosion, 16 Mha from acidification, 14 Mha from flooding, 9 …

Connecting bio-priming approach with integrated nutrient management for improved nutrient use efficiency in crop species

D Sarkar, A Rakshit, AI Al-Turki, RZ Sayyed, R Datta - Agriculture, 2021 - mdpi.com
The increasing demand for qualitative and varietal foods by the consumer society is a big
concern for energy production, and utilization of that energy in a judicious manner for …

Optimizing nutrient use efficiency, productivity, energetics, and economics of red cabbage following mineral fertilization and biopriming with compatible rhizosphere …

D Sarkar, A Sankar, OS Devika, S Singh, Shikha… - Scientific reports, 2021 - nature.com
Conventional agricultural practices and rising energy crisis create a question about the
sustainability of the present-day food production system. Nutrient exhaustive crops can have …

Energy budgeting for designing sustainable and environmentally clean/safer cropping systems for rainfed rice fallow lands in India

GS Yadav, R Lal, RS Meena, M Datta, S Babu… - Journal of cleaner …, 2017 - Elsevier
Efficient utilization of rice (Oryza sativa L.) fallow (∼ 11.6 million hectares) systems can
accelerate the growth of Indian agriculture. But, bringing more area under cultivation is an …

Energy inputs and greenhouse gases emissions in wheat production in Gorgan, Iran

A Soltani, MH Rajabi, E Zeinali, E Soltani - Energy, 2013 - Elsevier
The objectives of this study were to analyze energy use and greenhouse gases (GHG)
emissions in various wheat production scenarios in north eastern Iran and to identify …

Designing energy-efficient, economically sustainable and environmentally safe cropping system for the rainfed maize–fallow land of the Eastern Himalayas

S Babu, KP Mohapatra, A Das, GS Yadav… - Science of The Total …, 2020 - Elsevier
Achieving a circular economic model in agriculture and meeting the food requirement of the
growing population is a global challenge. The task is much more daunting in the Eastern …

Optimization of energy consumption and environmental impacts of arecanut production through coupled data envelopment analysis and life cycle assessment

V Paramesh, V Arunachalam, A Nikkhah, B Das… - Journal of cleaner …, 2018 - Elsevier
Energy flow and environmental impact are the key factors toward sustainable development
of agricultural production. The objective of the current study is to optimize the energy …

Energy budgeting and carbon footprint of contrasting tillage and residue management scenarios in rice-wheat cropping system

S Ghosh, TK Das, KS Rana, DR Biswas, DK Das… - Soil and Tillage …, 2022 - Elsevier
Puddled transplanted rice followed by conventional till wheat, the most predominant
cropping system in South Asia is unsustainable, highly energy intensive and leads to …

Designing energy cum carbon-efficient environmentally clean production system for achieving green economy in agriculture

SS Rathore, S Babu, K Shekhawat, R Singh… - Sustainable Energy …, 2022 - Elsevier
The conventional agricultural production systems are facing multiple challenges of yield
plateauing, low farm profitability, energy intensiveness, unemployment, and environmental …

Energy auditing of a maize–wheat–greengram cropping system under conventional and conservation agriculture in irrigated north-western Indo-Gangetic Plains

AA Saad, TK Das, DS Rana, AR Sharma… - Energy, 2016 - Elsevier
This study evaluated energy requirements and input-output energy relationship in a maize-
wheat-greengram cropping system under conventional and conservation agriculture …