Large survey dataset of rice production practices applied by farmers on their largest farm plot during 2018 in India

Ajay, Anurag; Craufurd, Peter; Kumar, Virender; Samaddar, Arindam; Malik, R.K.; Sharma, Sachin; Ranjan, Harshit; Srivastava, A. K.; Paudel, Gokul P.; Pundir, Ajay Kumar; Poonia, Shishpal; Kumar, Anurag; Kumar, Pankaj; Singh, Deepak; Singh, Madhulika; Iftikar, Wasim; Ignatius, Moben; Banik, Narayan; Mohapatra, Bidhan K.; Sagwal, Pradeep; Yadav, Ashok Kumar; Munshi, Sugandha; Panneerselvam, Peramaiyan; McDonald, Andrew J.

doi:10.1016/j.dib.2022.108625

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“…Household-level production data for farmers' main rice and wheat plots in 2017–2018 (henceforth ‘household data’) were collected with an ODK-assisted questionnaire as part of a collaborative data collection effort between the Cereal Systems Initiative for South Asia ( www.csisa.org ) and the Indian Council of Agricultural Research (ICAR) (for details, see e.g., Ajay et al, 2022 ). Key modules included landholding characteristics, plot characteristics, input and management activities, and yield outcomes.…”

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

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Harris

et al. 2023

Agricultural Systems

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

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Transitions to crop residue burning have multiple antecedents in Eastern India

Urban Cordeiro,

Samaddar,

Munshi

et al. 2024

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Far removed from the agricultural fire “hotspots” of Northwestern India, rice residue burning is on the rise in Eastern India with implications for regional air quality and agricultural sustainability. The underlying drivers contributing to the increase in burning have been linked to the adoption of mechanized (combine) harvesting but, in general, are inadequately understood. We hypothesize that the adoption of burning as a management practice results from a set of socio-technical interactions rather than emerging from a single factor. Using a mixed methods approach, a household survey (n = 475) provided quantitative insights into landscape and farm-scale drivers of burning and was complemented by an in-depth qualitative survey (n = 36) to characterize decision processes and to verify causal inferences derived from the broader survey. For communities where the combine harvester is present, our results show that rice residue burning is not inevitable. The decision to burn appears to emerge from a cascading sequence of events, starting with the following: (1) decreasing household labor, leading to (2) decreasing household livestock holdings, resulting in (3) reduced demands for residue fodder, incentivizing (4) adoption of labor-efficient combine harvesting and subsequent burning of loose residues that are both difficult to collect and of lower feeding value than manually harvested straw. Local demand for crop residues for livestock feeding plays a central role mediating transitions to burning. Consequently, policy response options that only consider the role of the combine harvester are likely to be ineffective. Innovative strategies such as the creation of decentralized commercial models for dairy value chains may bolster local residue demand by addressing household-scale labor bottlenecks to maintaining livestock. Secondary issues, such as timely rice planting, merit consideration as part of holistic responses to “bend” agricultural burning trajectories in Eastern India towards more sustainable practices.

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Limiting global warming to 2 °C benefits building climate resilience in rice-wheat systems in India through crop calendar management

Wang,

Folberth

et al. 2024

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Large survey dataset of rice production practices applied by farmers on their largest farm plot during 2018 in India

Cited by 5 publications

References 6 publications

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

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

Transitions to crop residue burning have multiple antecedents in Eastern India

Limiting global warming to 2 °C benefits building climate resilience in rice-wheat systems in India through crop calendar management

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