Effects of precision conservation agriculture in a maize-wheat-mungbean rotation on crop yield, water-use and radiation conversion under a semiarid agro-ecosystem

Parihar, C.M.; Jat, Shankar Lal; Singh, Awnindra K.; Ghosh, Avijit; Rathore, N. S.; Kumar, Bhupender; Pradhan, Sanatan; Majumdar, Kaushik; Satyanarayana, T.; Jat, M.L.; Saharawat, Yashpal; Kuri, B. R.; Saveipune, D.

doi:10.1016/j.agwat.2017.07.021

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“…Under, CT rice-wheat and maize-wheat system, intensive tillage alone shares 33–40% of total energy (operational), which could be saved with ZT without affecting the crop yields. Similar energy savings were reported by many other researchers under CA based management systems in RW and MW systems 2–4 .…”

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confidence: 87%

“…Billions of people from South Asia depends on rice-wheat (RW) system (13.5 M ha) for their food security and livelihood 1 . Whereas, maize-wheat (MW) rotation is third most important cropping system (~1.86 M ha) 2 and has potential to expand in view of emerging water crisis in the Indo-Gangetic plains. Over time, the sustainability of the intensive rice-wheat systems of North-West (NW) India has become a major challenge owing to faster depletion of groundwater table, stagnating or declining productivity growth, degrading soil health and environmental quality, and diminishing farm profitability 3,4 .…”

Section: Introductionmentioning

confidence: 99%

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Re-designing irrigated intensive cereal systems through bundling precision agronomic innovations for transitioning towards agricultural sustainability in North-West India

Jat

Sharma

Datta

et al. 2019

Sci Rep

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A study was conducted to design productive, profitable, irrigation water¸ nitrogen and energy use efficient intensive cereal systems (rice-wheat; RW and maize-wheat; MW) in North-West India. Bundling of conservation agriculture (CA) with sub-surface drip irrigation termed as CA+ were compared with CA alone and conventional tillage based and flood irrigated RW rotation (farmer’s practice; ScI). In contrast to conventional till RW rotation which consumed 1889 mm ha−1 irrigation water (2-yr mean), CA+ system saved 58.4 and 95.5% irrigation water in RW and MW rotations, respectively. CA+ practices saved 45.8 and 22.7% of irrigation water in rice and maize, respectively compared to CA with flood irrigation. On a system basis, CA+ practices saved 46.7 and 44.7% irrigation water under RW (ScV) and MW (ScVI) systems compared to their respective CA-based systems with flood irrigation (ScIII and ScIV). CA+ in RW system recorded 11.2% higher crop productivity and improved irrigation water productivity by 145% and profitability by 29.2% compared to farmers’ practice. Substitution of rice with maize (MW system; ScVI) recorded 19.7% higher productivity, saved 84.5% of irrigation water and increased net returns by 48.9% compared to farmer’s practice. CA+ RW and MW system improved energy productivity by 75 and 169% and partial factor productivity of N by 44.6 and 49.6%, respectively compared to ScI. The sub-surface drip irrigation system saved the fertilizer N by 20% under CA systems. CA+ in RW and MW systems recorded ~13 and 5% (2-yr mean) higher profitability with 80% subsidy on installing sub-surface drip irrigation system and similar profitability without subsidy scenario compared with their respective flood irrigated CA-based systems.

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confidence: 87%

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confidence: 99%

Re-designing irrigated intensive cereal systems through bundling precision agronomic innovations for transitioning towards agricultural sustainability in North-West India

Jat

Sharma

Datta

et al. 2019

Sci Rep

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“…In addition, recent and multi-year studies from the Indo-Gangetic Plains indicated that the integration of mungbean in either rice-wheat or maize-wheat cropping systems has positive effects on water and radiation use efficiency when CA measures and precision irrigation were integrated [128]. However, there is a lack of data for Pakistan and Uzbekistan.…”

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“…Positive effects of CA, SSNW and mungbean integration on water use efficiency and crop productivity [133] ZT, PB, CRM, SSNM Higher system productivity, water use efficiency, and incident radiation conversation efficiency [128] Pakistan Minimum tillage (MT), green manure, CRM and chickpea Legume-based cropping sequences are sustainable and cost-effective practice in drylands [129] American Journal of Plant Sciences population in these regions. Therefore, integration of N-fixing pulses with short growth cycles into the cropping calendar is a useful coping strategy, allowing for crop diversification under limited rainfall.…”

Section: Conservation Agriculturementioning

confidence: 99%

Beans with Benefits—The Role of Mungbean (<i>Vigna radiate</i>) in a Changing Environment

Pataczek¹,

Zahir²,

Ahmad³

et al. 2018

AJPS

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Dryland areas are experiencing low agricultural yields due to severe water shortages and salinity, leading to food scarcity. Mungbean (Vigna radiata) is gaining attention as a short-season crop that can tolerate dryland conditions, and fix atmospheric nitrogen, decreasing soil nutrient depletion. It is a source of high-quality protein for human consumption and can serve as a multipurpose crop, if harvest residues are used as fodder or green manure. However, little of this legume's potential has been explored. This review aims to underline the importance of mungbean as an agricultural crop by reviewing relevant literature on the potential contribution of mungbean to food security and a balanced diet as well as the effect of mungbean cultivation on farm income and gender equality. The challenges of climate change in plant production are discussed, and how progress in mungbean breeding and the application of improved cultivation techniques, such as regulated deficit irrigation, conservation agriculture, and inoculation with plant growth promoting rhizobacteria can overcome them.

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“…In South Asia, Billions of people depends on ricewheat (RW) system (13.5 M ha) for their food security and livelihood [1]. Whereas, maizewheat (MW) rotation is third most important cropping system (~1.86 M ha) [2] and has potential to expand in view of emerging water crisis in the Indo-Gangetic plains. Over time, the sustainability of the intensive rice-wheat systems of North-West (NW) India has become a major challenge owing to faster depletion of groundwater table, stagnating or declining productivity growth, degrading soil health and environmental quality, and diminishing farm profitability [3], Kumar et al [4].…”

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Re-Designing Energy-Efficient and Intensively Managed Cereal Based Cropping Systems for Reducing the Environmental Footprints of Production in North-West India: A Review

Chandra

Naresh

Dhaliwal

et al. 2020

IJECC

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Agriculture is a major contributor to India's environmental footprint, particularly through greenhouse gas (GHG) emissions. Sustainable agricultural systems are needed to produce high-quality and affordable food in sufficient quantity to meet the growing population need for food, feed, and fuel, and at the same time, farming systems must have a low impact on the environment. Achieving sustainability of the cereal system in the Indo-Gangetic Plains (IGP) of North West India under progressive climate change and variability necessitates adoption of practices and technologies that increase food production, adaptation and mitigation the environmental footprints of production in a sustainable way. But production is becoming unsustainable due to depletion or degradation of soil and water resources, rising production costs, decreasing input use efficiency, and increasing environmental pollution. In contrast, cereal production systems in the IGP are largely traditional, with low yields and farm income. This review paper mainly focus on the reduction of environmental footprint production in cereal systems such as greenhouse gas (GHG) emissions through the adoption of emerging conservation agricultural practices i.e., re-designing energy-efficient, economically sustainable and intensively managed options for cereal systems. Adoption of re-designing energy-efficient, economically sustainable and intensively managed cereal systems could help in reducing the environmental footprints of production (EFP) while maintaining productivity and better resource utilization. In India could reduce its greenhouse gas emissions from agriculture by almost 18 percent through the adoption of mitigation measures. Several studies revealed that conservation agriculture (CA) practices and technologies implemented in the cereal systems of the IGP have positive impacts on crop yields, returns from crop cultivation, input use efficiency (water, nutrient and energy), adaptation to heat stress and reduction of GHGs emissions. Improved conservation technologies or packages of practices from intensive agriculture that reduce environmental impacts, such as laser-aided land leveling, reduced or zero tillage, conservation tillage operation, precise nutrient and water management, crop residues management, crop diversification improves resource use efficiency by decreasing losses of inputs to the surrounding environment. It indicates that the adoption of better soil, water, nutrient management practices, and technologies has enormous potential to reduce environmental foot print, such as GHG emissions from agriculture cereal systems, thereby contributing to the mitigation of climate change.

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Effects of precision conservation agriculture in a maize-wheat-mungbean rotation on crop yield, water-use and radiation conversion under a semiarid agro-ecosystem

Cited by 73 publications

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Re-designing irrigated intensive cereal systems through bundling precision agronomic innovations for transitioning towards agricultural sustainability in North-West India

Re-designing irrigated intensive cereal systems through bundling precision agronomic innovations for transitioning towards agricultural sustainability in North-West India

Beans with Benefits—The Role of Mungbean (<i>Vigna radiate</i>) in a Changing Environment

Re-Designing Energy-Efficient and Intensively Managed Cereal Based Cropping Systems for Reducing the Environmental Footprints of Production in North-West India: A Review

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Effects of precision conservation agriculture in a maize-wheat-mungbean rotation on crop yield, water-use and radiation conversion under a semiarid agro-ecosystem

Cited by 73 publications

References 75 publications

Re-designing irrigated intensive cereal systems through bundling precision agronomic innovations for transitioning towards agricultural sustainability in North-West India

Re-designing irrigated intensive cereal systems through bundling precision agronomic innovations for transitioning towards agricultural sustainability in North-West India

Beans with Benefits—The Role of Mungbean (&lt;i&gt;Vigna radiate&lt;/i&gt;) in a Changing Environment

Re-Designing Energy-Efficient and Intensively Managed Cereal Based Cropping Systems for Reducing the Environmental Footprints of Production in North-West India: A Review

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Beans with Benefits—The Role of Mungbean (<i>Vigna radiate</i>) in a Changing Environment