Enabling smallholder farmers to sustainably improve their food, energy and water nexus while achieving environmental and economic benefits

MK Gathala, AM Laing, TP Tiwari, J Timsina… - … and Sustainable Energy …, 2020 - Elsevier
Traditional cropping practices in the Eastern Gangetic Plains, South Asia, are resource
intensive, requiring large inputs of water, energy and human labor. They are also inefficient …

Agronomic, socio-economic, and environmental challenges and opportunities in Nepal's cereal-based farming systems

TJ Krupnik, J Timsina, KP Devkota, BP Tripathi… - Advances in …, 2021 - Elsevier
With economies heavily dependent on agriculture, South Asia is the world's most poverty-
dense region. Nepal—a country of considerable geographic variability ranging from …

Improving smallholder farmers' gross margins and labor-use efficiency across a range of cropping systems in the Eastern Gangetic Plains

MK Gathala, AM Laing, TP Tiwari, J Timsina… - World Development, 2021 - Elsevier
Abstract The Eastern Gangetic Plains of South Asia is a region of high rural poverty and low
agronomic productivity, with crops grown using traditional management practices which are …

Improved nutrient management in cereals using Nutrient Expert and machine learning tools: Productivity, profitability and nutrient use efficiency

J Timsina, S Dutta, KP Devkota, S Chakraborty… - Agricultural …, 2021 - Elsevier
CONTEXT Smallholder farmers of the Eastern Indo-Gangetic Plains (EIGP) of South Asia
rely mainly on cereal-based cropping systems to meet the food and nutritional demand and …

Energy-efficient, sustainable crop production practices benefit smallholder farmers and the environment across three countries in the Eastern Gangetic Plains, South …

MK Gathala, AM Laing, TP Tiwari, J Timsina… - Journal of Cleaner …, 2020 - Elsevier
Abstract In the Eastern Gangetic Plains of South Asia current agronomic practices are
energy-intensive, and this contributes to higher cropping system production costs and CO 2 …

Optimal design and setting of rotary strip-tiller blades to intensify dry season cropping in Asian wet clay soil conditions

MA Matin, MI Hossain, MK Gathala, J Timsina… - Soil and Tillage …, 2021 - Elsevier
Fine-textured clayey soils dominate Asian rice fields that are kept either fallow or cultivated
with non-rice crops after harvest of monsoon rice. Use of seeding machinery compatible with …

[HTML][HTML] Assessment of nutrient management in major cereals: Yield prediction, energy-use efficiency and greenhouse gas emission

J Timsina, S Dutta, KP Devkota, S Chakraborty… - Current Research in …, 2022 - Elsevier
Through improved nutrient management, sustainability of cereal production can be achieved
by improving crop yield and economic indicators with reduced environmental footprints and …

Adoption of conservation agriculture-based tillage practices in the rice-maize systems in Bangladesh

S Akter, MK Gathala, J Timsina, S Islam… - World Development …, 2021 - Elsevier
In this study, conservation agriculture-based tillage (CA-T) practices (zero tillage, minimum
tillage and strip tillage) in rice-maize production systems were implemented through on-farm …

Modified strip tillage blades for two-wheel tractor seed drills improves maize crop establishment under conservation agriculture

MA Hoque, MK Gathala, MM Hossain… - Development …, 2021 - Elsevier
Abstract Two-wheel tractors (2WTs) are widely used by resource-poor farmers to prepare
land in the Eastern Indo-Gangetic Plains (EIGP). This paper demonstrates that improved …

Sustainable intensification in eastern Gangetic Plains of South Asia via conservation agriculture for energy, water and food security under climate smart management …

MK Gathala, SS Mahdi, R Jan, OA Wani… - … and livelihood in India, 2022 - Springer
Rice cultivation in the South Asian region of Eastern Gangetic Plains (EGP) is running out of
water, labour, low productivity and profitability. In addition, this system of crop production …