Impact of best management practices on sustainable crop production and climate resilience in smallholder farming systems of South Asia

Anantha, K. H.; Garg, Kaushal K.; Barron, Jennie; Dixit, Sreenath; Venkataradha, A.; Singh, Ramesh; Whitbread, Anthony

doi:10.1016/j.agsy.2021.103276

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“…Te farms' resilience has been frequently explored in the feld of socio-ecological term [27,28,45,59,85,86]. However, it progressively embraces economic dimension which associated with social and ecological systems [9,46,56,[87][88][89].…”

Section: Social and Environmental Disruption And Its Impact Onmentioning

confidence: 99%

“…The other significant environmental disruption is environmentally unfriendly farming activities. To overcome this problem, the government must concentrate on implementing intensive training and extension programs to educate farmers about how to perform the best agricultural practices [ 85 ]. The possible training programs are climate-smart agriculture, agricultural organic use, or sustainable agricultural performance (e.g., RSPO or ISPO for Indonesia oil palm plantations).…”

Section: Conclusion and Policy Implicationsmentioning

confidence: 99%

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Multifaceted Social and Environmental Disruptions Impact on Smallholder Plantations’ Resilience in Indonesia

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Irham

Jamhari

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The Scientific World Journal

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As one of the most productive plantation producers in the world, Indonesia also faces rapid change in both social and environmental systems. These conditions are predicted to become more disruptive to the agricultural sector in the future. Therefore, understanding the impact of social and environmental disruption on smallholder plantations’ resilience is vital to formulate a strategy for the sustainability of farmers’ livelihoods in this country. Using survey data from 360 smallholding farmers in six villages from three districts in Bengkulu Province, Indonesia, the study deployed a multidimensional approach to assess smallholders’ resilience to social and environmental disruption as well as towards economic dynamics. There are four dimensions of smallholder resilience, namely, the ability of adaptation, recoverability, anticipation, and farmers’ innovation level. Social disruption was indicated by farmers’ demography, epidemic/family health, social conflict, culture clash, and intention on land conversion. Meanwhile, environmental disruption was shown by natural catastrophe incidents, climate variations, environmentally unfriendly cultivation activities, and land fires. Since the resilience level was classified as binary, bivariate probit model was used in the analysis. The result shows that smallholder plantations in Bengkulu Indonesia are categorized as innovative, and recoverable, but less adaptive, and less anticipatory farmers. Overall, more than 50% of smallholder plantations are classified as less resilient smallholders. The statistical result empirically uncovers that the intentions of land conversion, climate change, and environmentally unfriendly farming activities statistically have a significant contribution to the reduction of smallholder plantations’ resilience. Furthermore, the economic dynamisms such as lack of input availability, price volatility, demand uncertainty, and capital limitation have a significant negative impact on smallholder plantation resilience.

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Section: Social and Environmental Disruption And Its Impact Onmentioning

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Section: Conclusion and Policy Implicationsmentioning

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Multifaceted Social and Environmental Disruptions Impact on Smallholder Plantations’ Resilience in Indonesia

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Irham

Jamhari

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The Scientific World Journal

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“…These conservation practices aim to improve soil quality by increasing organic matter build‐up and soil water‐holding capacity while reducing tillage and burning of residues (Giller et al, 2009; Pannell et al, 2006; Piemontese et al, 2021). Agroforestry, mulching, crop rotation and minimum tillage practices are an important part of conservation agriculture, particularly in scattered rainfall and rangeland livelihood systems in SA (Anantha et al, 2021; Sarvade et al, 2019). However, the potential benefits of conservation agriculture take time to bear fruit and farmers may require financial support to adopt conservation agriculture.…”

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“…These techniques are largely followed by small‐scale farmers in SA. Contour farming, terracing and other suitable water retention techniques are widely adopted for in situ water harvesting (Anantha et al, 2021). Also small ponds and dams are constructed for better storage of available runoff which can be used for supplemental irrigation, livestock and other purposes (Doolette & Smyle, 1990; Reddy et al, 2017).…”

Section: Improve Rainwater Management In Rain‐fed Agriculturementioning

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Poverty reduction through water interventions: A review of approaches in sub‐Saharan Africa and South Asia

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GUI

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Irrigation and Drainage

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Water is a key factor in attaining the Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) of poverty elimination and hunger eradication. The regions of sub‐Saharan Africa (SSA) and South Asia (SA) are stricken with absolute poverty, with 70% of the world's poor. These regions are mainly dependent on agriculture for their livelihood. Diverse rural livelihoods in SSA and SA demand water interventions with more fruitful and effective outcomes in terms of poverty reduction. Existing water resources are not yet fully exploited in SSA and SA as these regions have a significant potential of 43 and 169 million ha, respectively, for irrigated agriculture through various water interventions. Various water interventions to alleviate poverty through better agricultural productivity across SSA and SA have been identified in this study. Major water intervention options identified include actions to: improve rain water management in rain‐fed agriculture, facilitate community‐based small‐scale irrigation schemes, development and management of groundwater irrigation, interventions to upgrade and modernize existing irrigation systems, facilitate and improve livestock production and promote multiple uses of water. Investment in these water interventions will certainly help to break the poverty trap across diverse rural communities of SSA and SA.

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“…Many experimental and non‐experimental studies have identified the direct and indirect benefits of adopting LLL. Direct benefits include improved water application efficiency and productivity (Abdullaev et al, 2007; Ali et al, 2018; Anantha et al, 2021; Aryal et al, 2015; Asif et al, 2003; Bhatt et al, 2021; Hoque & Hannan, 2014; Jat et al, 2006; Jat et al, 2009; Ram et al, 2018; Rizwan et al, 2018; Sattar et al, 2003) and reduced runoff and deep percolation (Abdullaev et al, 2007; Jat et al, 2006; Jat et al, 2009; Sattar et al, 2003). Indirect benefits include energy cost savings (i.e., diesel fuel cost of operating a tube‐well), reduced greenhouse gas emissions, enhanced fertilizer use efficiency, improved seed germination, and increased crop yields and crop income (Abdullaev et al, 2007; Aryal et al, 2015; Bhatt et al, 2021; Hoque & Hannan, 2014; Jat et al, 2009; Khatri‐Chhetri et al, 2020; Rezaei‐Moghaddam & Tohidyan Far, 2019; Rickman, 2002; Rizwan et al, 2018).…”

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The adoption of laser land leveler technology and its impact on groundwater use by irrigated farmland in Punjab, Pakistan

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This paper investigates the factors that influence the adoption of laser land levelers and their impact on groundwater usage in the Punjab Province of Pakistan. A farm household survey of 504 agriculture producers was conducted in 2019. A discrete‐time duration model is used to investigate factors influencing the speed of adoption and an endogenous switching regression (ESR) model is used to evaluate its impact on groundwater usage. About 70% of the surveyed households adopted the technology, and the average time to adoption was 9 years. Key factors accelerating the speed of adoption include strong legal land rights, access to information about the technology, and exposure to the technology. In contrast, long distance to rental market deaccelerates the speed of adoption. The adoption of laser land leveler reduced groundwater use by about 23%. The results imply that institutional arrangements, such as improving access to extension services, exposure to innovation, and legal land rights, can enhance the adoption and diffusion of the technology and conserve groundwater.

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Impact of best management practices on sustainable crop production and climate resilience in smallholder farming systems of South Asia

Cited by 31 publications

References 117 publications

Multifaceted Social and Environmental Disruptions Impact on Smallholder Plantations’ Resilience in Indonesia

Multifaceted Social and Environmental Disruptions Impact on Smallholder Plantations’ Resilience in Indonesia

Poverty reduction through water interventions: A review of approaches in sub‐Saharan Africa and South Asia

The adoption of laser land leveler technology and its impact on groundwater use by irrigated farmland in Punjab, Pakistan

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