Incentives for Farmers to Switch over from Paddy Farming in India
LR Meena*, Devendra Kumar and Anjali
ICAR-Indian Institute of Farming Systems Research, Modipuram, Meerut, Uttar Pradesh-250 110, India
*Corresponding Author: LR Meena, ICAR-Indian Institute of Farming Systems Research, Modipuram, Meerut, Uttar Pradesh-250 110, India.
Published: November 06, 2024
Abstract
Global crop production must substantially increase to meet the needs of a rapidly growing population (8.2 billion in 2024). This is constrained by the availability of nutrients, water and land. There is also an urgent need to reduce the negative environmental impacts of crop production. Collectively, these issues represent one of the greatest challenge of the 21st century (Jeffery A., 2020). Sustainable cropping systems should be based on ecological principles which are the core of integrated approaches to solve the many challenges those are being faced by the large human population in India. Keeping in view the facts in to account, some emerging newly alternative cropping systems have been developed to resolve the present constraints (Meena et al. 2023).The innovative approaches for sustainable agriculture are integrated nutrient management via inclusion of green manure crops/ cover crops and mulching of soil surface through agriculture based byproducts.
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