"11943","10","archive","3170",,,"disk0/00/01/19/43","2022-01-05 03:56:08","2022-01-05 03:56:08","2022-01-05 03:56:08","article",,,"show",,,,"","","","","","","","","","",,,,"Anantha","K H","","","","","","","Anantha","K H","","","","",,,,,"","",,,,,"","","ICRISAT (Patancheru)","India","Landscape resource management for sustainable crop intensification","pub","L1","GRP_RFFS","crp1.13","public",,,"Water balance component, Groundwater recharge, System productivity, Rural livelihood, Semi-arid tropics",,"Authors thankfully acknowledge the financial support
received from Asian Development Bank, Sir
Ratan Tata Trust, Sir Dorabjee Tata Trust, Coca-
Cola India Foundation, Government of Andhra Pradesh,
Government of Uttar Pradesh for implementing
landscape-based and plot-level initiatives at different
sites. The authors acknowledge the support received
from CGIAR Research Program on Water, Land and
Ecosystem for hydrological monitoring at some sites
and salary support.","Crop intensification is required to meet the food demands of an increasing population. This paper
presents data from three paired scaling-up initiatives to compare the benefits of landscape-based
interventions over individual plot-level interventions using evidence generated in the Indian
semi-arid tropics. A range of soil and water conservation interventions were implemented in a
decentralized manner following the landscape-based approach. The plot-level approach focused
only on balanced fertilizer application and improved crop cultivars while the landscape-based
interventions primarily addressed moisture availability, which was the key to reducing risks of crop
failure besides aiding productivity gain and enhanced land and water-use efficiency. These
interventions have additionally harvested 50–150 mm of surface runoff and facilitated groundwater
recharge in 550–800 mm rainfall zones. Individual plot-level interventions also improved the crop
yield significantly over the control plots. However, crop intensification was not achieved due to
limited moisture availability. Landscape-based interventions produced 100%–300% higher crop
production per year, greater income generation (>100%), and improved water productivity.
Landscape-based interventions were also found to be beneficial in terms of reducing soil loss by
75%–90% and improving base flow availability additionally by 20–75 d in a year compared to
untreated watersheds. With increased moisture availability, fallow lands in respective watersheds
have been utilized for cultivation, thereby enhancing crop intensification. The findings of the study
provide critical insights into the design of approaches suitable for scaling-up projects in order to
both create impact and target the United Nations Sustainable Development Goals.","2022-12","published",,"Environmental Research Letters (TSI)","17","1","ION Publishing",,"1-19",,,,,,"doi:10.1088/1748-9326/ac413a",,,,,"TRUE",,"1748-9326",,,,,,"","https://doi.org/10.1088/1748-9326/ac413a","https://scholar.google.com/scholar?hl=en&as_sdt=0%2C5&q=10.1088%2F1748-9326%2Fac413a&btnG=","pub",,"","",,,,,,"",,,,,,,"",,,,,"",,,,,"","",,,,,"","",,,,,
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