Crop Residue Burning: Issue and Management for Climate-Smart Agriculture in NCR Region, India

Burning of Crop Residue and its Potential for Electricity Generation

This paper identified the factors influencing the rice crop residue burning decision of the farmers and the potential of the burnt residue to generate electricity. For this study, data were collected from 400 farmers in the rice-wheat cropping system. Effects of different variables on the burning decision of rice residue are investigated through logit model. A number of factors had significant ...

Tradeoffs in Crop Residue Utilization in Mixed Crop-Livestock Systems and Implications for Conservation Agriculture and Sustainable Land Management

Millets for Next Generation Climate-Smart Agriculture

Panicoids (subfamily: panicoideae) are a group of C4 grasses, which include agronomically important crops such as sorghum and maize, bioenergy feedstocks including sugarcane and miscanthus, nutri-cereals such as millets, and biofuel crops including switchgrass, napier grass and guinea grass. Among these, millets are known for their climate-resilient features including adaptation to a wide range...

Climate Smart Agriculture in the African Context

Prepared by: Timothy O. Williams, Marloes Mul & Olufunke Cofie, (IWMI) James Kinyangi (ILRI), Robert Zougmore (ICRISAT), George Wamukoya (COMESA), Mary Nyasimi (ILRI), Paul Mapfumo (University of Zimbabwe), Chinwe Ifejika Speranza (University of Bonn), Dorothy Amwata (ILRI), Snorre Frid-Nielsen (University of Copenhagen), Samuel Partey (ICRISAT), Evan Girvetz (CIAT), Todd Rosenstock (ICRAF) and...

Crop Residue Management in Conservation Agriculture Systems in Zimbabwe Smallholder Farming Sector: Importance, Management Challenges and Possible Solutions

Conservation agriculture (CA) is promoted as a cropping system that has potential to alleviate poor crop yields in smallholder farming while protecting the environment. It involves maintenance of permanent soil cover, diverse crop rotations and/or interactions; and minimum soil disturbance. CA is associated with crop residue management challenges due to low crop biomass yields and crop-livestoc...