Climate Smart Agriculture in South Asia

2019 ◽  
Keyword(s):  
South Asia ◽  
Smart Agriculture

scholarly journals Scaling up climate-smart agriculture: lessons learned from South Asia and pathways for success

2015 ◽  
Author(s):  
Neufeldt H ◽  
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Negra C ◽  
Hancock J ◽  
Foster K ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
South Asia ◽  
Scaling Up ◽  
Lessons Learned ◽  
Smart Agriculture

Zero Tillage for Mitigating Global Warming Consequences and Improving Livelihoods in South Asia

2017 ◽  
pp. 126-161 ◽  
Author(s):  
Rajan Bhatt
Keyword(s):  
Global Warming ◽  
South Asia ◽  
Crop Residues ◽  
Water Productivity ◽  
Soil Surface ◽  
Biological Properties ◽  
Climatic Conditions ◽  
Zero Tillage ◽  
Climatic Regions ◽  
Smart Agriculture

Declining land and water productivity, rising global temperature, underground water availability, energy, labour availability, increasing cost of production, burning of crop residues and changing climatic conditions are major challenges faced by both scientists and farmers in South Asia. To address these challenges, different resource conservation technologies were promoted in the South Asia. Zero tillage was generally practiced in the region, which retains the previous crop residues on the soil surface while establishing main crop viz. wheat seeds directly drilled in standing anchored rice straw. Further such tillage systems required no pre-sowing irrigation which further improves the irrigation water productivity. The current chapter reviews the consequences of zero tillage on soil physical, chemical and biological properties, land and water productivity and in mitigating global warming potential in texturally divergent soils under different agro-climatic regions. Our review revealed that positive effects of zero tillage are visible only after 4-5 years up to which farmer might have to sacrifice some yields. Thus, there is need to recommend an integrated climate smart agriculture package/approach, which effectively solves weed pressure problems, helps in improving land and water productivity, mitigates global warming consequences and uplifts livelihoods in South Asia.

Environmental Valuation in South Asia

2009 ◽  
Author(s):  
A. K. Enamul Haque ◽  
M. N. Murty ◽  
Priya Shyamsundar
Keyword(s):  
South Asia ◽  
Environmental Valuation

The Cold War in South Asia

2013 ◽  
Author(s):  
Paul M. McGarr
Keyword(s):  
Cold War ◽  
South Asia ◽  
The Cold War
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