Rice residue burning in northern India: an assessment of environmental concerns and potential solutions–a review

DS Parihar, MK Narang, B Dogra… - Environmental …, 2023 - iopscience.iop.org
Environmental alarms like climate change and rising air pollution levels in north India,
particularly in the Delhi National Capital Region (NCR), draw attention to the severe issue of …

[HTML][HTML] Farm size limits agriculture's poverty reduction potential in Eastern India even with irrigation-led intensification

A Urfels, K Mausch, D Harris, AJ McDonald… - Agricultural …, 2023 - Elsevier
CONTEXT Millions of people living in the Eastern Gangetic Plains (EGP) of India engage in
agriculture to support their livelihoods yet are income poor, and food and climate insecure …

Energy efficiency and carbon footprints of rice-wheat system under long-term tillage and residue management practices in western Indo-Gangetic Plains in India

R Singh, A Singh, P Sheoran, RK Fagodiya, AK Rai… - Energy, 2022 - Elsevier
Conventional rice-wheat cropping system (RWCS) in western Indo-Gangetic Plains (IGP) is
carbon and energy intensive. A field experiment was conducted to evaluate energy …

Comprehensive environmental impact assessment for designing carbon-cum-energy efficient, cleaner and eco-friendly production system for rice-fallow agro …

R Kumar, JS Mishra, SS Mali, S Mondal… - Journal of Cleaner …, 2022 - Elsevier
High energy consumption and carbon emission are the major components of environmental
pollution. Reducing carbon-footprints and improving energy use efficiency in rice (Oryza …

Outburst of pest populations in rice-based cropping systems under conservation agricultural practices in the middle Indo-Gangetic Plains of South Asia

R Kumar, JS Choudhary, JS Mishra, S Mondal… - Scientific reports, 2022 - nature.com
Conservation agriculture (CA), which encompasses minimum soil disturbance, residue
retention either through crop residue, or cover crops and crop diversification-based crop …

Sustainable intensification and food security: A panel data assessment of the smallholder maize farmers in Uganda

M Osewe, L Aijun, H Jiqin - Global Food Security, 2023 - Elsevier
Food security is touted as an essential condition for social growth. Yet, the food deficit is
rampant among smallholder farmers in sub-Saharan Africa. Besides, farm productivity is …

Tillage and crop establishment effects on weeds and productivity of a rice-wheat-mungbean rotation

JS Mishra, R Kumar, S Mondal, SP Poonia, KK Rao… - Field Crops …, 2022 - Elsevier
Weeds are one of the key threats in sustaining the productivity of the rice-wheat cropping
system in the Indo-Gangetic Plains. The development of sound integrated weed …

On-farm evidence on breaking yield barriers through optimizing wheat cropping system in Indo Gangetic Plain

SL Jat, ML Jat, CM Parihar, HS Jat, AK Singh… - European Journal of …, 2024 - Elsevier
The wheat production in the food basket of South Asia has plateaued with threats of
environmental sustainability and posing a serious challenge to future food security. For …

Economy-wide impact of climate smart agriculture in India: a SAM framework

A Ajatasatru, V Prabhu, BD Pal… - Journal of Economic …, 2024 - Springer
In the context of climate change, the Indian agricultural sector treads in a certain duality
between promoting food security in response to the increasing population, but at the same …

Impact of crop rotation and tillage operations on mitigating greenhouse gas emissions and evaluation of sustainability index in rice-wheat-green gram cropping system …

T Kumar, MS Kundu, RK Jha - Journal of Environmental Management, 2024 - Elsevier
Abstract In North Bihar (NB), the conventional rice-wheat cropping system has led to soil,
water, and environmental degradation, alongside low profitability, threatening sustainability …