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Smaller farm sizes limit the impact of agricultural intensification in Eastern India
Anton Urfels
Kai Mausch
Dave Harris
Andrew J. McDonald
Avinash Kishore
Balwinder-Singh
Gerardo van Halsema
Paul C. Struik
Timothy Foster
Vartika Singh
Timothy J. Krupnik
Posted on 29 Jul, 2023 04:40 PM

Agricultural intensification and irrigation development have been considered vital for achieving food security, climate action, and poverty reduction in small holder dominated poverty hotspots of the Eastern Gangetic Plains (EGP) in South Asia informs this paper titled 'Farm size limits agriculture’s

Paddy fields of Bihar (Image Source: Wikimedia Commons)
Wheat sowing dates influences yields in Eastern Gangetic Plains
Study indicates that better management of the annual cropping calendar can pay dividends for food security
Andrew J McDonald
Alwin Keil
Amit Srivastava
Virender Kumar
Sudhanshu Singh
A K Singh
R K Malik
R K Sohane
Balwinder-Singh
Avinash Kishore
Posted on 02 Nov, 2022 07:51 PM

Wheat is a principal crop staple in South Asia with current cultivation extending across 36.1 million ha; around 73% of this area is in India where wheat provides approximately 21% of the aggregate food energy and 17% o
Greater adjustments to the annual cropping calendar are anticipated to increase wheat yield potential by an average of 0.84 t/ha (Image: Pixnio)
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