Improving crop production for food security and improved livelihoods on the East India Plateau II. Crop options, alternative cropping systems and capacity building

Cornish, Peter S; Choudhury, Avijit; Kumar, Ashok; Das, Sudipta; Kumbakhar, Kuntalika; Norrish, Shane A; Kumar, Shivendra

doi:10.1016/j.agsy.2015.02.011

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“…Recently, also Cornish et al (2015) observed in line with this that farmers not only acquired functional knowledge but at the same time started managing their own learning. Considering the outcomes of their responses in relation to perceived benefits of involvement we observed that farmers not only appreciated the technical benefits but also valued the process in which they had been involved, they had learned how to learn together.…”

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Farmers in the lead : Assessing effectiveness of participatory experimentation inTigray, Northern Ethiopia

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The study area 1.10 Thesis outline 2 Comparison of methods to identify crop productivity constraints in developing countries. A review 2.1 Introduction 2.2 Heuristic model and prototype methods 2.3 Different use of methodologies: a review 2.4 Comparing different methods for the identification of productivity constraints in Tigray 2.5 Discussion 2.6 Conclusion 3 Identifying crop productivity constraints and opportunities using Focus Group Discussions: A case study with farmers from Tigray 3.1 Introduction 3.2. Material and methods 3.3 Results 3.4. Discussion 3.5. Conclusion 4 The importance of local factors and management in determining wheat yield variability in on-farm experimentation in Tigray, northern Ethiopia 4.1 Introduction 4.2 Materials and methods 4.3 Results and Discussion 4.4 Conclusion viii 5 Four years of farmer experimentation on soil fertility in Tigray, northern Ethiopia: Trends in research strategies 5.1 Introduction 5.2 Method 5.3 Results 5.4 Discussion 5.5 Conclusion 6 Grain productivity, fertilizer response and nutrient balance of farming systems in Tigray, Ethiopia: A multi-perspective view in relation to soil fertility degradation 6.1 Introduction 6.2 Materials and method 6.3 Results 6.4 Discussion 6.5 Conclusion 7 Considering change: Evaluating four years of participatory experimentation with farmers in Tigray (Ethiopia) highlighting both functional and human-social aspects 7.1 Introduction 7.2 Methods 7.3 Results and Discussion 7.4 Conclusion 8 Synthesis 8.1 The research project: an overview 8.2 Assessing effectiveness: putting pieces together 8.3 Reflection on process and points of departure 8.4 Impact, livelihood development and scaling 8.

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“…A selection of these is given here (for more detail see Cornish et al (2013Cornish et al ( , 2015a, Syme et al (2015) and Reddy and Syme (2015).…”

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“…However, an important finding from the long-term water balance modelling in this project (Cornish et al, 2015a), combined with participatory experiments (Cornish et al, 2015b), was that comprehensive WSD is not essential in East India (which has relatively high rainfall) to make substantial and more immediate improvements in livelihoods. Much can be done to improve the use of rainfall through a variety of agronomic interventions that reduce rice yield variability and increase cropping intensity and productivity without a commensurate increase in risk.…”

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“…An Australian-Indian government co-funded project (Cornish et al, 2013(Cornish et al, , 2015a explored the watershed development (WSD) techniques being used by an NGO (PRADAN) to improve livelihoods in tribal villages in the undulating East India Plateau (EIP). These techniques included structures that individual farmers could implement including dug wells, pits, ponds or small dams to capture rainfall in the wet season and/or tap into shallow, seasonally recharged groundwater resources, and the use of bunds in poor (local) upland areas to retain runoff for high value, perennial crops (e.g.…”

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“…This information was used to develop guidelines for the design of watershed development plans, as well as a soil water balance model and micro-catchment scale hydrological model (Cornish et al, 2013(Cornish et al, , 2015a.…”

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Abstract. This paper presents an overview of work in West Bengal, Andhra Pradesh and SW Bangladesh through a series of projects from 2005 to the present, considering the impact of farming systems, water shed development and/or agricultural intensification on livelihoods in selected rural areas of India and Bangladesh. The projects spanned a range of scales spanning from the village scale ( ∼ 1 km 2 ) to the meso-scale (∼ 100 km 2 ), and considered social as well as biophysical aspects. They focused mainly on the food and water part of the foodwater-energy nexus. These projects were in collaboration with a range of organisations in India and Bangladesh, including NGOs, universities, and government research organisations and departments. The projects were part funded by the Australian Centre for International Agricultural Research, and built on other projects that have been undertaken within the region. An element of each of these projects was to understand how the hydrological cycle could be managed sustainably to improve agricultural systems and livelihoods of marginal groups. As such, they evaluated appropriate technology that is generally not dependent on high-energy inputs (mechanisation). This includes assessing the availability of water, and identifying potential water resources that have not been developed; understanding current agricultural systems and investigating ways of improving water use efficiency; and understanding social dynamics of the affected communities including the potential opportunities and negative impacts of watershed development and agricultural development.

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Improving crop production for food security and improved livelihoods on the East India Plateau II. Crop options, alternative cropping systems and capacity building

Cited by 18 publications

References 13 publications

Farmers in the lead : Assessing effectiveness of participatory experimentation inTigray, Northern Ethiopia

Farmers in the lead : Assessing effectiveness of participatory experimentation inTigray, Northern Ethiopia

An integrated approach to improving rural livelihoods: examples from India and Bangladesh

Spatiotemporal Extent of Agricultural Drought Over Western Part of West Bengal

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