Siddesh, R and Pathak, H K and Chavan, S B and Halli, H M and Kakade, V D and Morade, A S and Salunkhe, S and Nangare, D D and Salunkhe, V N and Singh, A K and Pradhan, A and Reddy, K S (2025) Fruit tree-based restoration strategy to mitigate greenhouse gas emissions, and enhance the profitability of degraded land in semi-arid tropics. Science of The Total Environment (TSI), 1000. ISSN 0048-9697
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Degraded lands are crucial for achieving the CoP-26 targets such as, achieving net-zero to limit global warming by 2030. Transforming these lands with sustainable and nature positive practice is vital to increasing C stocks, offsetting greenhouse gas (GHG) emissions, and improving land values. The degraded shallow basaltic landscape was rehabilitated through bio-engineering strategies in 2012–13 and assessed the impact of fruit trees (mango, pomegranate, and coconut) cultivation on GHG mitigation potential, yield, generating C credits, and oxygen production over eight-years (up to 2021–22). Restoration efforts successfully transformed barren land into productive fruit-growing systems. Mango system emitted the highest GHG (31.8 Mg CO₂-eq/ha) with highest C stock (91.3 Mg C/ha) due to greater biomass production and soil carbon improvements. Initial establishment activities accounted for the highest fuel consumption; 67 % of total GHG emissions. Among non-renewable resources, diesel contributed the most to GHG emissions; it is 53 % in mango, 45 % in coconut, and 18 % in pomegranate systems. Notably poor soil conditions enhanced the belowground biomass carbon (roots) production in fruit trees. All three systems were found net positive for GHG emissions. However, mango had the highest GHG mitigation potential, followed by coconut and pomegranate. While, coconut systems proved to be the most environmentally efficient, with higher C efficiency, and the lowest C footprint. Economically, pomegranate was the most profitable, with maximum net returns over 8-years, a benefit-cost ratio of 4.95, and the highest land expectation value. In conclusion, transforming degraded lands supports land degradation neutrality, net-zero emissions, oxygen supply, income security, and Sustainable development goals (SDG's) in semi-arid conditions.
| Item Type: | Article |
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| Divisions: | Others |
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| Uncontrolled Keywords: | greenhouse gas emissions, degraded land, semi-arid tropics |
| Subjects: | Others > Semi-Arid Tropics Others > Land Degradation |
| Depositing User: | Mr Nagaraju T |
| Date Deposited: | 10 Mar 2026 09:19 |
| Last Modified: | 10 Mar 2026 09:19 |
| URI: | http://oar.icrisat.org/id/eprint/13534 |
| Official URL: | https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/abs/... |
| Projects: | UNSPECIFIED |
| Funders: | UNSPECIFIED |
| Acknowledgement: | This study was conducted as part of the M.Sc. research under the ‘Model Green Farm Project’ at ICAR-NIASM, Baramati. The authors express their gratitude to the ICAR-National Institute of Abiotic Stress Management, Baramati. This research was supported by the Indian Council of Agricultural Research, Department of Agricultural Research and Education, Government of India. Special thanks are extended to the former Directors (Dr. K.P.R. Vittal, Dr. P.S. Minhas, Dr. Jagadish Rane, and Dr. N.P.... |
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