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Novel Technological and Management Options for Accelerating Transformational Changes in Rice and Livestock Systems

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Title Novel Technological and Management Options for Accelerating Transformational Changes in Rice and Livestock Systems
 
Creator Chirinda, Ngonidzashe
Arenas-Calle, Laura N.
Loaiza, Sandra
Trujillo, Catalina
Katto, María Cristina
Chaparro, Paula
Nunez, Jonathan
Arango, Jacobo
Martínez Barón, Deissy
Loboguerrero Rodriguez, Ana María
Becerra López Lavelle, Luis Augusto
Avila, Ivan
Guzmán, Myriam
Peters, Michael
Twyman, Jennifer
García, Maria
Serna-Hurtado, Laura Patricia
Escobar, Daniel
Arora, Diksha
Tapasco, Jeimar
Mazabel, Lady
Correa, Fernando
Ishitani, Manabu
Silva, Mayesse A. da
Graterol Matute, Eduardo Jose
Jaramillo, Santiago
Pinto, Adriana
Zuluaga, Andrés
Lozano, Nelson
Byrnes, Ryan C.
LaHue, Gabriel
Álvarez, Carolina
Rao, Idupulapati M.
Barahona Rosales, Rolando
 
Subject climate change
agriculture
food security
livestock
rice
sustainability
methane
irrigation
soil
greenhouse gases
gases de efecto invernadero
 
Description Agricultural producers grapple with low farm yields and declining ecosystem services within their landscapes. In several instances, agricultural production systems may be considered largely unsustainable in socioeconomic and ecological (resource conservation and use and impact on nature) terms. Novel technological and management options that can serve as vehicles to promote the provision of multiple benefits, including the improvement of smallholder livelihoods, are needed. We call for a paradigm shift to allow designing and implementing agricultural systems that are not only efficient (serving as a means to promote development based on the concept of creating more goods and services while using fewer resources and creating less waste) but can also be considered synergistic (symbiotic relationship between socio-ecological systems) by simultaneously contributing to major objectives of economic, ecological, and social (equity) improvement of agro-ecosystems. These transformations require strategic approaches that are supported by participatory system-level research, experimentation, and innovation. Using data from several studies, we here provide evidence for technological and management options that could be optimized, promoted, and adopted to enable agricultural systems to be efficient, effective, and, indeed, sustainable. Specifically, we present results from a study conducted in Colombia, which demonstrated that, in rice systems, improved water management practices such as Alternate Wetting and Drying (AWD) reduce methane emissions (~70%). We also show how women can play a key role in AWD adoption. For livestock systems, we present in vitro evidence showing that the use of alternative feed options such as cassava leaves contributes to livestock feed supplementation and could represent a cost-effective approach for reducing enteric methane emissions (22% to 55%). We argue that to design and benefit from sustainable agricultural systems, there is a need for better targeting of interventions that are co-designed, co-evaluated, and co-promoted, with farmers as allies of transformational change (as done in the climate-smart villages), not as recipients of external knowledge. Moreover, for inclusive sustainability that harnesses existing knowledge and influences decision-making processes across scales, there is a need for constant, efficient, effective, and real trans-disciplinary communication and collaboration.
 
Date 2017-10-27
2017-10-30T11:01:28Z
2017-10-30T11:01:28Z
 
Type Journal Article
 
Identifier Chirinda N, Arenas L, Loaiza S, Trujillo C, Katto M, Chaparro P, Nuñez J, Arango J, Martinez-Baron D, Loboguerrero AM, Becerra Lopez-Lavalle LA, Avila I, Guzmán M, Peters M, Twyman J, García M, Serna L, Escobar D, Arora D, Tapasco J, Mazabel L, Correa F, Ishitani M, Da Silva M, Graterol E, Jaramillo S, Pinto A, Zuluaga A, Lozano N, Byrnes R, LaHue G, Alvarez C, Rao I, Barahona R. 2017. Novel Technological and Management Options for Accelerating Transformational Changes in Rice and Livestock Systems. Sustainability 9(11):1891.
2071-1050
https://hdl.handle.net/10568/89124
https://doi.org/10.3390/su9111891
PII-LAM_CSV
PII-LAM_LivestockPlus
 
Language en
 
Rights CC-BY-4.0
Open Access
 
Publisher MDPI
 
Source Sustainability