Cost-effective opportunities for climate change mitigation in Indian agriculture

Sapkota, Tek B.; Vetter, Sylvia H.; Jat, M.L.; Sirohi, Smita; Shirsath, Paresh B.; Singh, Rajbir; Jat, H.S.; Smith, Pete; Hillier, Jonathan; Stirling, Clare M.

doi:10.1016/j.scitotenv.2018.11.225

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“…This subsequently improves rumen fermentation, reduces loss of feed energy, and enhances animal health and production, shelf-life, and fatty profile of beef [62,70]. Although the adaptation to climate change is necessary to safeguard food and nutrition security, whilst ensuring sustainable livelihoods of rural farmers, mitigation of enteric greenhouse gas emissions can lessen the extent of climate change and future needs for adaptation [71]. Further research is warranted to provide more evidence to justify development of feed innovations and policy intervention strategies that will promote wide adoption of PBP for sustainable beef production from the indigenous cattle breeds.…”

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Strategies for Sustainable Use of Indigenous Cattle Genetic Resources in Southern Africa

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Indigenous cattle breeds are the most important livestock species in the Southern African Development Community (SADC) region owing to their role in human food, nutrition, income, and social security. Despite the role of these breeds in the household and national economies, they are currently underutilised, their productivity remains low, and populations are faced with extinction. In addition, there are insufficient measures taken to secure their present and future value. The current review highlights strategies for sustainable use of indigenous cattle genetic resources in the region, including the use of novel production and marketing practices, women and youth empowerment, and development of the appropriate capacity building, legislative, and policy structures. At present, the lack of coordination among the different stakeholders still poses a challenge to the implementation of these strategies. To this end, partnerships, collaboration, and stakeholders’ participation are recommended to effectively implement strategies for sustainable use of indigenous cattle breeds.

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Section: Cattle Feeding Strategiesmentioning

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Strategies for Sustainable Use of Indigenous Cattle Genetic Resources in Southern Africa

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“…For example, green fodder supplements and increased concentrate in the rations of ruminants in India would have the potential to mitigate ca. 3.4 TgCO 2 e year −1 (Sapkota et al 2019). Similarly, improved manure management through the establishment of large biogas plants has the potential to save ca.…”

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“…All the crops, soil, and livestock management practices aimed toward increasing efficient use of water, nutrients, energy, and other production inputs, and those which increase crop/livestock production/productivity, lead to GHG mitigation. A bottom-up analysis in India, which can be generalized for South Asia, suggests that about 80% of the total technical mitigation potential (67.5 out of 85.5 TgCO 2 e year −1 ) in agriculture can be obtained by adopting cost-beneficial mitigation options (Sapkota et al 2019). Cost-beneficial mitigation measures in South Asia that can be implemented through proper policy and programs include zero tillage, site-specific nutrient management, alternate wetting and drying in rice, provision of highly digestible fodder and inclusion of energy-dense food for livestock, and improved manure management.…”

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“…Lack of institutional support is one of the major reasons behind the low adoption of climate-change adaptation and mitigation measures by farmers. Studies have noted the lack of institutional support as the main reason for low adoption of climate-smart agriculture, which helps simultaneous achievement of GHG mitigation and climate change adaptation in agriculture (Aryal et al 2018a(Aryal et al , b, c, 2019Sapkota et al 2015aSapkota et al , b, 2019. Without the strong institutional setup and support, it is very unlikely that small farm households will adopt GHG mitigation measures.…”

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Climate change mitigation options among farmers in South Asia

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Agriculture in South Asia is highly vulnerable to climate change due to increasing variability in rainfall and rising temperatures leading to the incidence of extreme climatic events such as floods, droughts, heat/cold waves, and storms. Agriculture sector also contributes to the causes of climate change through the emission of greenhouse gasses (GHGs). Hence, adaptation-led mitigation measures are required to sustain agricultural productivity, farm income and reduce GHG emissions wherever possible. This study presents a systematic review of agriculture emission reduction opportunities with a particular focus on agricultural production systems in South Asia. Our review indicates that the adoption of better soil, water, nutrient management practices, and technologies has enormous potential to reduce GHG emissions from agriculture, thereby contributing to the mitigation of climate change. Many existing practices and technologies have the potential to improve both adaptation and mitigation in agriculture which can significantly contribute to complying with nationally determined contributions (NDCs) of South Asian countries. However, barriers to the adoption of GHG mitigating agricultural practices, mainly the financial and institutional barriers, need to be appropriately addressed to achieve the desired level of mitigation.

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“…Modern agriculture faces many difficult challenges. On the one hand, there is an urgent need to develop modern technological solutions that would guarantee continuous cheap production of food with high-quality parameters [1], on the other one, there is a need to reduce the negative impact on the natural environment [2]. Currently, there is no doubt that agriculture, like any production activity, is a real threat to the environment [3,4], and reducing this threat is one of the priorities of the modern food production economy.…”

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An Analysis of Waste Heat Recovery from Wastewater on Livestock and Agriculture Farms

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Agriculture is one of the sectors of the economy in which it is possible to conduct much more rational energy economy. The easiest way to achieve financial savings as well as reduce air pollution is to use waste heat sources. Heat pumps are perfect for this. Particularly favorable is the case when the device can operate in an alternative system and serve both heating and cooling purposes. The purpose of this article was to present possible solutions for installations enabling heat recovery from wastewater to supply agri-breeding farms with hot utility and technological water, a financial analysis of their application, and an assessment of the impact of these solutions on possible reduction of pollutant emissions. The tests were carried out for four variants of cooperation between a heat pump and an exchanger. In the first variant, waste heat was used in the process of heating water used to clean stands and prepare feed. In the second variant, waste heat took part in heating the water used for watering plants. In the third variant, waste heat was used in the process of drying cereals. In turn, in the last variant, waste heat supported the preparation of utility hot water for the breeder’s residential building. The study showed the legitimacy of using thermal energy from liquid manure as a waste heat source on farms and farming. This is mainly due to the short payback period, which can be within 2–4 years. In turn, the analysis of pollution reduction associated with the recovery of waste energy showed that the use of heat pumps allowed a significant reduction in the emission of harmful compounds to the atmosphere, in particular carbon dioxide. It is worth noting that livestock breeding is one of the most important branches of agricultural production not only in Poland but also throughout Europe, Asia and South and North America. For this reason, the use of waste heat-recovery systems enables real savings in the purchase of energy and reduction of pollutant emissions arising during traditional production processes.

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Cost-effective opportunities for climate change mitigation in Indian agriculture

Cited by 127 publications

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Strategies for Sustainable Use of Indigenous Cattle Genetic Resources in Southern Africa

Strategies for Sustainable Use of Indigenous Cattle Genetic Resources in Southern Africa

Climate change mitigation options among farmers in South Asia

An Analysis of Waste Heat Recovery from Wastewater on Livestock and Agriculture Farms

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