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

Alfred Gathorne-Hardy, D. Narasimha Reddy, M. Venkatanarayana and Barbara Harriss-White

Agricultural Systems, 2016, vol. 143, issue C, 159-168

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.

Keywords: System of Rice Intensification; SRI; Interdisciplinary analysis; Livelihoods; India; Life Cycle Assessment (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Date: 2016
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DOI: 10.1016/j.agsy.2015.12.012

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