The Top 100 questions for the sustainable intensification of agriculture in India’s rainfed drylands
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Zareen Pervez Bharucha, Simon Attwood, Shrinivas Badiger, Arun Balamatti, Richard Bawden, Jeffery Bentley, Mahesh Chander, Leonora Davies, Harry Dixon, John Dixon, Marcella D’Souza, Cornelia Butler Flora, Michael Green, Deepa Joshi, Adam Komarek, Lesley Ruth McDermid, Erik Mathijs, Agnes C. Rola, Sasmita Patnaik, Sandip Pattanayak, Prabhu Pingali, V. P. Vara Prasad, Rudy Rabbinge, G. V. Ramanjaneyulu, N. H. Ravindranath, Colin Sage, Amrita Saha, Salvatore Ceccarelli, Lopamudra Patnaik Saxena, Chandni Singh, Pete Smith, Arjuna Srinidhi, Rudresh Sugam, Richard Thomas, Norman Uphoff, Jules Pretty. (1/1/2021). The Top 100 questions for the sustainable intensification of agriculture in India’s rainfed drylands. International Journal of Agricultural Sustainability, 19 (2), pp. 106-127.
Abstract
India has the largest area of rainfed dryland agriculture globally, with a variety of distinct types of farming systems producing most of its coarse cereals, food legumes, minor millets, and large amounts of livestock. All these are vital for national and regional food and nutritional security. Yet, the rainfed drylands have been relatively neglected in mainstream agricultural and rural development policy. As a result, significant social-ecological challenges overlap in these landscapes: endemic poverty, malnutrition and land degradation. Sustainable intensification of dryland agriculture is essential for helping to address these challenges, particularly in the context of accelerating climate change. In this paper, we present 100 questions that point to the most important knowledge gaps and research priorities. If addressed, these would facilitate and inform sustainable intensification in Indian rainfed drylands, leading to improved agricultural production and enhanced ecosystem services. The horizon scanning method used to produce these questions brought together experts and practitioners involved in a broad range of disciplines and sectors. This exercise resulted in a consolidated set of questions covering the agricultural drylands, organized into 13 themes. Together, these represent a collective programme for new cross- and multi-disciplinary research on sustainable intensification in the Indian rainfed drylands.
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Attwood, Simonhttps://orcid.org/0000-0003-1593-8459
Thomas, Richardhttps://orcid.org/0000-0002-8009-5681
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