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- Economic gain apropos socio-ecological pain: expansion of plantation crops in biocultural jhumscape of North East India
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1 College of Horticulture and Forestry, Central Agricultural University (Imphal), Pasighat 791 102, India
2 ICAR-Agricultural Technology Application Research Institute, Kanpur 278 002, India
3 College of Agriculture, Central Agricultural University (Imphal), Pasighat 791 102, India
1 College of Horticulture and Forestry, Central Agricultural University (Imphal), Pasighat 791 102, India
2 ICAR-Agricultural Technology Application Research Institute, Kanpur 278 002, India
3 College of Agriculture, Central Agricultural University (Imphal), Pasighat 791 102, India
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Current Science, Vol 123, No 6 (2022), Pagination: 767-771Abstract
North East India is a biodiversity-rich zone and a part of both the Himalaya and Indo-Burma biodiversity hot-spots. It is a large-scale multipurpose landscape consisting of a mosaic of crops, livestock and forest. The landscape also ensures almost all the ecosystem services that con-tribute to the well-being of more than 100 diverse ethnic groups (indigenous people) in the region. However, in recent years, rapid transition in the form of promotion and expansion of oil palm and rubber plantations as mooted and supported by the state has posed threats to the ecosystem and biodiversity especially the biocultural landscapes. Supported by empirical evidence (primary and secondary data), this study argues that as we increase the intensity of production or harvest of such crops, the environmental cost becomes unprecedented and immense to be offset by economic gain. The use of renewable bio-logical resources as the foundation for a bioeconomy must be regulated in terms of environmental impact ra-ther than short-term financial dividends. Therefore, we need to develop optimization models for the biocultural landscape(s) that determine land use based on what is both economically and environmentally optimal.Keywords
Bioeconomy, food security, jhum, multipur-pose landscape, plantations crops.Full Text
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Bishwa Bhaskar Choudhary
1,
Purushottam Sharma
1,
Mukesh Choudhary
1,
Sunil Kumar
1,
R. P. Dwivedi
2,
H. S. Mahesha
1,
S. K. Singh
1,
Shantanu Kumar Dubey
3
Affiliations
1 ICAR-Indian Grassland and Fodder Research Institute, Jhansi 284 003, India, IN
2 ICAR-Central Agroforestry Research Institute, Jhansi 284 003, India, IN
3 ICAR-Agricultural Technology Application Research Institute, Kanpur 208 002, India, IN
1 ICAR-Indian Grassland and Fodder Research Institute, Jhansi 284 003, India, IN
2 ICAR-Central Agroforestry Research Institute, Jhansi 284 003, India, IN
3 ICAR-Agricultural Technology Application Research Institute, Kanpur 208 002, India, IN
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Current Science, Vol 123, No 10 (2022), Pagination: 1232-1236Abstract
The present study assessed the effect of improved agricultural technologies disseminated under the ambitious Farmer FIRST Programme on production costs of major crops in Bundelkhand region, Uttar Pradesh, India. The findings show that the average real cost during 2017–18 to 2020–21 declined, leading to an increase in the net return to cost ratio from farming. Technological interventions at the farmer’s field resulted in a gradual decline in the share of seed, fertilizer and plant protection chemicals in the cost of cultivation. The price elasticity of factors, estimated by fitting the translog function, suggests that policies for controlling input price inflation, particularly wage rate, will be imperative in reducing the cost of farming. The results on the elasticity of technical substitution between labour and machinery highlight the need for devising suitable farm mechanization strategies which may be affordable in the small farm situation as well. The panel data estimate of negative cost elasticity of yield indicates that productivity growth plays a vital role in absorbing the increase in production costKeywords
Agricultural practices, empirical framework, price elasticity, production cost, technological interven-tions.Full Text
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1 College of Horticulture and Forestry, Central Agricultural University (Imphal), Pasighat 791 102, India., IN
2 ICAR-Agricultural Technology Application Research Institute, Kanpur 278 002, India., IN
1 College of Horticulture and Forestry, Central Agricultural University (Imphal), Pasighat 791 102, India., IN
2 ICAR-Agricultural Technology Application Research Institute, Kanpur 278 002, India., IN
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Current Science, Vol 124, No 9 (2023), Pagination: 1033-1038Abstract
The institutional herbal garden for North East region (NER) of India was established in 2014 wherein medicinal and aromatic plant (MAPs) species were brought from different ecologies experienced differential survival. This triggered the participation of local citizens in developing the science of herbal biodiversity in this region. Consequently, MAPs were collected from the forest and farmers’ fields in different parts of NER. This resulted in better survival of the species from tropical to sub-temperate conditions of NER. Over eight years, 164 MAPs have been conserved in the herbal garden representing 60 families comprising herbs (84), shrubs (45), climbers (15), trees (15) and grasses (5). The herbal garden at Pasighat conserves over 50% of the species documented nationwide including nine of the threatened species of India. Thus, the herbal gardens endorsing citizen science is instrumental for the widespread sharing of scientific expertise and stewardship on healing herbs.Keywords
Biodiversity, Citizen Science, Indigenous Materials, Institutional Herbal Garden, Traditional Resource.Full Text
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