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Conservation Agriculture for Climate Change Adaptation and Mitigation in India

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Title Conservation Agriculture for Climate Change Adaptation and Mitigation in India
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Creator H. PATHAK
CH. SRINIVASA RAO
M.L. JAT
 
Subject Greenhouse gas, irrigated ecosystems, rainfed ecosystems, resource conservation technologies, zero tillage
 
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Conservation agriculture (CA) is an emerging intervention in agriculture that fosters natural ecological
processes to improve crop productivity and sustainability through the three important basic principles of
minimum soil disturbance, permanent soil cover and diversified crop rotation. A large number of
studies suggest significant benefits of CA including yield advantage (5.2%), irrigation water savings
(9.8%), reduction in costs of cultivation (14.2%) and increase net return (27.5%), reduction in global
warming potential (12-33%) as well as other climate benefits in terms of adaptation gains. It is estimated
that global warming potential of about 25 Mt CO2 eq. i.e., about 15% of the emission from the crop
sector (agricultural soil, rice cultivation and crop residue burning) is mitigated by the adoption of
various CA practices and other mitigation technologies in India. Area under CA in India is increasing in
irrigated as well rainfed areas. However, there are several barriers hindering the adoption of CA, which
needs further innovations and policy incentives. Scalable and sustainable business models need to be
developed for creating custom hiring centers, manufacturing hubs and enhanced capacity development
of the stakeholders to realize the full benefits from CA.
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Date 2024-01-04T09:30:14Z
2024-01-04T09:30:14Z
2021-06-22
 
Type Research Paper
 
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http://krishi.icar.gov.in/jspui/handle/123456789/81127
 
Language English
 
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