[PDF][PDF] A review of evidence on gender equality, women's empowerment, and food systems

J Njuki, S Eissler, H Malapit… - … and innovations for …, 2023 - library.oapen.org
Women are key actors in food systems as producers, wage workers, processors, traders,
and consumers. They do this work despite many constraints and limitations, including lower …

Enabling smallholder farmers to sustainably improve their food, energy and water nexus while achieving environmental and economic benefits

MK Gathala, AM Laing, TP Tiwari, J Timsina… - … and Sustainable Energy …, 2020 - Elsevier
Traditional crop** practices in the Eastern Gangetic Plains, South Asia, are resource
intensive, requiring large inputs of water, energy and human labor. They are also inefficient …

Climate smart agriculture for sustainable productivity and healthy landscapes

S Vishnoi, RK Goel - Environmental Science & Policy, 2024 - Elsevier
In rural areas of develo** countries, more than 70% of the population still depends on
agriculture. However, economic crises, unscientific land allocation and climate change …

Time management governs climate resilience and productivity in the coupled rice–wheat crop** systems of eastern India

AJ McDonald, A Keil, A Srivastava, P Craufurd… - Nature Food, 2022 - nature.com
India will need to produce 30% more wheat by 2050, and these gains must principally come
from intensification in eastern India where low productivity is common. Through a dense …

[HTML][HTML] Soil fertility in mixed crop-livestock farming systems of Punjab, Pakistan: The role of institutional factors and sustainable land management practices

AT Sheikh, AK Chaudhary, S Mufti, S Davies… - Agricultural …, 2024 - Elsevier
CONTEXT Soil salinization is a significant environmental challenge prevalent in arid and
semi-arid regions, causing adverse effects on crop yields and jeopardizing household food …

Reduced tillage and crop diversification can improve productivity and profitability of rice-based rotations of the Eastern Gangetic Plains

MA Hoque, MK Gathala, J Timsina, MATM Ziauddin… - Field Crops …, 2023 - Elsevier
Intensive rice (Oryza sativa)-based crop** systems in south Asia provide much of the
calorie and protein requirements of low to middle-income rural and urban populations …

Unbalanced fertilizer use in the Eastern Gangetic Plain: The influence of Government recommendations, fertilizer type, farm size and crop** patterns

MS Islam, RW Bell, MAM Miah, MJ Alam - PLoS One, 2022 - journals.plos.org
Intensive crop** systems with diverse crop** patterns present a challenge for nutrient
management on smallholder farms. Government-endorsed recommendations for crop …

[HTML][HTML] Is there a future for smallholder farmers in bioeconomy? The case of 'improved'seeds in South Punjab, Pakistan

M Zuberi, M Spies, JØ Nielsen - Forest Policy and Economics, 2024 - Elsevier
Smallholder farmers are key players in agrarian value chains, particularly in the Global
South. In the planning of technology-oriented agricultural interventions featured prominently …

Contextual realities and poverty traps: Why South Asian smallholder farmers negatively evaluate conservation agriculture

A Chaudhary, P Timsina, E Karki, A Sharma… - … Agriculture and Food …, 2023 - cambridge.org
Conservation agriculture-based sustainable intensification (CASI) is gaining prominence as
an agricultural pathway to poverty reduction and enhancement of sustainable food systems …

[HTML][HTML] Conservation agriculture for increasing productivity, profitability and water productivity in rice-wheat system of the Eastern Gangetic Plain

ST Magar, J Timsina, KP Devkota, L Weili… - Environmental …, 2022 - Elsevier
There are increasing concerns about the negative effects of conventional tillage (CT),
extreme climate events, increased weed incidence, and reduced availability of farm inputs …