Land and water conservation technologies for building carbon positive villages in India
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Continuous and unabated land degradation in India is a threat to agricultural sustainability while increasing temperatures, changing rainfall patterns and precipitation intensification are going to further aggravate degradation in future. The timely adoption of integrated land and water conservation technologies minimises erosion and provides significant adaptation and mitigation co‐benefits. The objectives of this study were to assess the mitigation potential of soil and water conservation technologies and also the feasibility of making villages carbon positive. The extent of minimisation of soil loss due to soil conservation technologies ranges from 0.10 to 21.65 Mg ha −1 yr −1 , while carbon emissions minimised range from 0.73 to 158.77 kg ha −1 yr −1 . Emission minimisation from various water management technologies in rice ranges from 73.0 to 507.9 kg CO 2 equivalents ha −1 yr −1 . Agroforestry practices can sequester 8.64 to 52.77 Mg CO 2 ha −1 yr −1 besides enhancing system productivity, arresting soil erosion and carbon loss through erosion. Integration of multiple technologies in a farming system further enhances the adaptation and mitigation benefits. Adoption of conservation technologies resulted in a net carbon balance of 0.05–1.23 CO 2 Mg ha −1 yr −1 in 9 villages in India, indicating net positive carbon balance due to reduction of greenhouse gas emissions and carbon sequestration. Building carbon positive villages is a potential approach for preventing land degradation, while enhancing productivity, mitigating climate change and realising the sustainable development goals. Building capacities of communities and establishing institutions in villages are essential for upscaling and maintaining of soil and water conservation structures and community assets in the village. Furthermore, prioritisation and scaling of location specific land and water conservation technologies hold the key to establish carbon‐positive villages
Agriculture · Agroforestry · Carbon dioxide · Carbon sequestration · Climate change · Climate change mitigation · Conservation Agriculture · Environmental protection · Geography · Greenhouse gas · Land degradation · Land use · Soil carbon · Soil conservation · Soil water · Sustainability · Climate change impacts on agriculture · Environmental Science · Rice Cultivation and Yield Improvement · Water-Energy-Food Nexus Studies · Ecology · Environmental Engineering · Soil Science
Freshwater biodiversity
Restoring Soil Quality to Mitigate Soil Degradation
Green Revolution
Soil Carbon Sequestration Impacts on Global Climate Change and Food Security
Mitigation strategies to enhance carbon sink potential in climate vulnerable districts of Eastern India
The impact of groundwater depletion on agricultural production in India
Carbon emissions from tropical forest degradation caused by logging
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