Alternate wetting and drying: A water-saving and ecofriendly rice production system

M Ishfaq, M Farooq, U Zulfiqar, S Hussain… - Agricultural Water …, 2020 - Elsevier
Global warming and declining water resources are threatening the sustainability of rice
production and global food security. Conventional continuously flooded system (CF) of rice …

Challenges and opportunities in productivity and sustainability of rice cultivation system: a critical review in Indian perspective

N Kumar, RS Chhokar, RP Meena, AS Kharub… - Cereal research …, 2021 - Springer
Rice–wheat cropping system, intensively followed in Indo-Gangetic plains (IGP), played a
prominent role in fulfilling the food grains demand of the increasing population of South …

Conservation tillage and nutrient management effects on productivity and soil carbon sequestration under double cropping of rice in north eastern region of India

GS Yadav, R Lal, RS Meena, S Babu, A Das… - Ecological …, 2019 - Elsevier
The rice (Oryza sativa)–rice system (RRS) is the most important agricultural production
system, and it provides staple food, income, employment, and livelihoods to millions of …

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 …

Conservation agriculture for rice-based intensive cropping by smallholders in the eastern Gangetic plain

RW Bell, ME Haque, M Jahiruddin, MM Rahman… - Agriculture, 2018 - mdpi.com
We review the recent development of Conservation Agriculture (CA) for rice-based
smallholder farms in the Eastern Gangetic Plain (EGP) and the underpinning research on …

Conservation agriculture based sustainable intensification: Increasing yields and water productivity for smallholders of the Eastern Gangetic Plains

S Islam, MK Gathala, TP Tiwari, J Timsina, AM Laing… - Field Crops …, 2019 - Elsevier
Abstract In the Eastern Gangetic Plains (EGP) region of South Asia cropping systems are
predominantly rice-based and comprise rice and non-rice crops (eg maize, wheat, lentil …

[HTML][HTML] Mitigation of greenhouse gas emissions and reduced irrigation water use in rice production through water-saving irrigation scheduling, reduced tillage and …

SF Islam, BO Sander, JR Quilty, A De Neergaard… - Science of the Total …, 2020 - Elsevier
Rice production systems are the largest anthropogenic wetlands on earth and feed more
than half of the world's population. However, they are also a major source of global …

Conservation tillage and organic nutrients management improve soil properties, productivity, and economics of a maize‐vegetable pea system in the Eastern …

R Singh, S Babu, RK Avasthe… - Land Degradation & …, 2021 - Wiley Online Library
Soil quality restoration and sustainable crop production in the rainfed ecosystem of the
Indian Himalayas can be achieved through effective conservation tillage and organic …

Reduced tillage and crop diversification can improve productivity and profitability of rice-based rotations of the Eastern Gangetic Plains

MA Hoque, MK Gathala, J Timsina, MATM Ziauddin… - Field Crops …, 2023 - Elsevier
Intensive rice (Oryza sativa)-based cropping systems in south Asia provide much of the
calorie and protein requirements of low to middle-income rural and urban populations …

Increases in soil sequestered carbon under conservation agriculture cropping decrease the estimated greenhouse gas emissions of wetland rice using life cycle …

MK Alam, RW Bell, WK Biswas - Journal of Cleaner Production, 2019 - Elsevier
Wetland rainfed rice (Oryza sativa L.), which covers 60 million hectares in South Asia,
contributes significantly to agricultural greenhouse gas (GHG) emissions. Mitigation …