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1. System of Rice Intensification provides environmental and economic gains but at the expense of social sustainability — A multidisciplinary analysis in India

Author:
Venkatanarayana, M.,   et al.   ; Gathorne-Hardy, Alfred; Reddy, D. Narasimha; Harriss-White, Barbara;     Show all 4 Authors
Source:
Agricultural systems 2016 v.143 pp. 159-168
ISSN:
0308-521X
Subject:
costs and returns; electricity; employment; energy; environmental sustainability; farmers; farms; females; fossil fuels; greenhouse gas emissions; greenhouse gases; groundwater; issues and policy; labor; models; paddies; prices; production technology; questionnaires; social sustainability; socioeconomics; wages and remuneration; India
Abstract:
... The System of Rice Intensification (SRI) is claimed to make rice more sustainable by increasing yields while reducing water demand. However, there remains a shortage of high quality data to test these assertions, and a major research gap exists concerning the wider social and economic implications of SRI techniques.Using primary data we developed a model to simultaneously analyse social, economic ...
DOI:
10.1016/j.agsy.2015.12.012