Sustainability transition for Indian agriculture

Paul, Bino; Murari, Kamal Kumar; Patnaik, Unmesh; Bahinipati, Chandra Sekhar; Sasidharan, Subash

doi:10.1038/s41598-023-34092-0

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“…Research in the Indian context shows that majority of small and marginal (also tenant and women) farmers are hard pressed to use subsidised chemical inputs on their field to produce enough for consumption and generating surplus to sell. Thus, small farmers might have little or no incentive to move towards sustainable practices of farming even as they understand the squeeze on their resources to earn a living (Paul et al , 2023). FPO is one institutional innovation that can play the role of scaling up agricultural operations through aggregation of produce and marketing by farmers collectively owning the enterprise, assets and the generated surplus.…”

Section: Challenges In Being a Sustainability Transition Intermediarymentioning

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“…The risk of climate change and environmental degradation can impact their livelihoods significantly, as they continue to recognise that the input-intensive modes of agriculture, following the Green Revolution, come at high costs. With increasing evidence of the ecological footprint of agriculture the transition to sustainable agriculture is an imperative and yet public policies continue to favour industrial chemical agriculture even as agroecological alternatives exist (Kumar et al , 2021; Paul et al , 2023; Prasad and Dutta, 2021).…”

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Managing sustainable transition through farmer-owned enterprises: the case of Ram Rahim Pragati Producer Company

Saxena,

Prasad

2024

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Purpose Food systems research is typically focused on productivity and efficiency. But in the face of impending challenges of climate, investment, markets, and incomes small holders may do well to shift to diversity and sufficiency. The transition requires institutions such as Farmer Producer Organisations (FPOs) to play the role of intermediaries. This paper aims to understand this challenging phenomenon using a case from India. Design/methodology/approach In this article, drawing from the emerging literature of PO as a sustainability transition intermediary, this paper uses the case study of a women-owned FPO and explores its role in contributing to sustainable food systems through practices of non-pesticide management of agriculture. This paper explores, through non-participant observer methods, focus group discussions and interviews with multiple stakeholders how an FPO embeds sustainability in its purpose and the challenges faced in transforming producer and consumers towards sustainable food systems. Findings The study argues for early articulation of the “sustainability transition intermediary” role in the FPO’s vision and mission. Second, FPOs’ role of being a transition intermediary is impacted by the key stakeholders and the durability of relationship with them. Originality/value By studying FPOs in India, from the framework of sustainability transitions, this article adds to the limited literature that looks as POs as sustainability transition intermediaries.

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Section: Introductionmentioning

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Managing sustainable transition through farmer-owned enterprises: the case of Ram Rahim Pragati Producer Company

Saxena,

Prasad

2024

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“…While there has been significant growth in the adoption of such water-saving strategies over the past two decades, its contribution to the gross irrigated area of the country remains negligible at present (Narayanamoorthy, 2022). Several studies suggest that improving this situation will require detailed multiscale analyses of various water-saving strategies (Chakraborti et al, 2023;Paul et al, 2023).…”

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Assessing Crop Vulnerability and Water-Saving Strategies under Climate Change: Does a Multiscale Analysis Always Add Value?

Gaddam,

Sampath

2024

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Understanding the impacts of climate change on agriculture is vital for developing effective water-saving strategies (WSS). This study presents a systematic approach to evaluate the performance of WSS at multi-spatial scales from 2020–2099 for the southern Indian state of Andhra Pradesh. Climate data from the EC-Earth3 model under three climate change scenarios: SSP126, SSP245, and SSP370, was used. First, the irrigation water requirements (IWR) were calculated using a soil water balance model at multiple scales. Then, the future vulnerabilities of the selected crops – paddy, groundnut, sugarcane, and maize were quantified by estimating the variability of IWR. Next, groundwater consumption was estimated under a Business-As-Usual (BAU) scenario, following which the water savings in drip irrigation strategy (DIS) and crop shift strategy (CSS) relative to BAU were calculated. Finally, a Water-saving Scale Factor was computed to capture the efficacy of WSS across scales. Findings reveal that groundnut and maize, though drought-resistant, have higher vulnerabilities compared to paddy and sugarcane - a trend that is more pronounced at finer than at coarser scales. Notably, DIS was found to be more effective at water-saving than CSS across scales and climate scenarios. For instance, the state-scale cumulative water savings for DIS is 28% (74.8 BCM), compared to 19% (50.8 BCM) for CSS. In conclusion, multiscale analysis of the efficiency of WSS indicates that a finer scale analysis makes little difference to DIS, but definitely adds value to CSS. Such insights could help policymakers optimize resources spent on devising water-saving strategies for the future.

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“…The studies around Agroecology and ecological farms focus on the construction process and policy formulation of Agroecology, the economic and social effects of Agroecology, the analysis of the influential factors of ecological farms and the path to achieve sustainable agricultural development. For example, Paul et al analyzed the sustainability challenges faced by Indian agriculture and proposed an analytical framework including scale, affordability and sustainable input to promote the sustainable development of Indian agricultural systems [23]. Pimbert et al revealed the development dilemma of agricultural ecological practice projects, aiming to explore agricultural production models that support agricultural ecological development [24].…”

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Spatial Distribution Pattern, Evolution and Influencing Mechanism of Ecological Farms in China

Guo

Lin

Wang

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Nowadays, the challenges of energy depletion, environmental pollution and food security caused by extensive agriculture development are attracting global attention. In China, the construction of ecological farms is a key initiative to effectuate the goal of peaking carbon dioxide emissions and achieving carbon neutrality, contributing to high-quality agricultural development. Based on this, this study selects the national-level ecological farms directories issued by the Ministry of Agriculture and Rural Affairs (MARA) of China in 2021 and 2022, and collects the corresponding economic, social and physical geographic data for GIS spatial analysis and Geodetector. The results are as follows: (1) The distribution of ecological farms in various provinces of China is uneven and spatially clustered. It generally presents a ‘high in the east and low in the west with concentrated cores’ pattern. The construction scope significantly expanded over time, and the high-value areas of nuclear density are concentrated in East China, with the development core transitioned from East China to Central China. (2) Environmental conditions, industrial foundation, economic and social development level, science and technology level and financial support all significantly affect the spatial distribution of ecological farms in China, among which the science and technology level has the most significant enhancement effect on other factors. (3) Environmental conditions provide the construction basis for ecological farms, while economic and social development level and financial support determine the number of ecological farms. The industrial foundation affects the scale of ecological farms in China, while the level of science and technology eliminates the restrictions of other factors to a certain extent. This study provides a reference for optimizing the spatial distribution pattern of ecological farms in China and promoting ecological agriculture. In addition, it presents a viable approach to safeguarding food security.

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Sustainability transition for Indian agriculture

Cited by 13 publications

References 33 publications

Managing sustainable transition through farmer-owned enterprises: the case of Ram Rahim Pragati Producer Company

Managing sustainable transition through farmer-owned enterprises: the case of Ram Rahim Pragati Producer Company

Assessing Crop Vulnerability and Water-Saving Strategies under Climate Change: Does a Multiscale Analysis Always Add Value?

Spatial Distribution Pattern, Evolution and Influencing Mechanism of Ecological Farms in China

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