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Sustainable agriculture in India 2021: what we know and how to scale up. [1]

This study, in collaboration with the Food and Land Use Coalition (FOLU), provides an overview of the current state of sustainable agriculture practices and systems (SAPSs) in India. It aims to help policymakers, administrators, philanthropists, and others contribute to an evidence-based scale-up of SAPSs, which represent a vital alternative to conventional, input-intensive agriculture in the context of a climate-constrained future. The study identifies 16 SAPSs – including agroforestry, crop rotation, rainwater harvesting, organic farming and natural farming – using agroecology as an investigative lens. Based on an in-depth review of several of these practices, it concludes that sustainable agriculture is far from mainstream in India. Further, it proposes several measures for promoting SAPSs, including restructured government support and rigorous evidence generation.
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Publication Date: 
20/04/2021
Niti Gupta [3], Shanal Pradhan [4], Abhishek Jain [5], Nayha Patel [6]
Council on Energy [7], Environment and Water [8]
Tags:
Agriculture [9], India [10], Organic Farming [11], Agroforestry [12], Agricultural Systems [13]
Centre for Science and Environment
National Knowledge Commission Government of India

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[2] http://www.indiaenvironmentportal.org.in/files/file/sustainable agriculture in india.pdf
[3] http://admin.indiaenvironmentportal.org.in/category/author/niti-gupta
[4] http://admin.indiaenvironmentportal.org.in/category/author/shanal-pradhan
[5] http://admin.indiaenvironmentportal.org.in/category/author/abhishek-jain
[6] http://admin.indiaenvironmentportal.org.in/category/author/nayha-patel
[7] http://admin.indiaenvironmentportal.org.in/category/publisher/council-energy
[8] http://admin.indiaenvironmentportal.org.in/category/publisher/environment-and-water
[9] http://admin.indiaenvironmentportal.org.in/category/thesaurus/agriculture
[10] http://admin.indiaenvironmentportal.org.in/category/thesaurus/india
[11] http://admin.indiaenvironmentportal.org.in/category/thesaurus/organic-farming
[12] http://admin.indiaenvironmentportal.org.in/category/thesaurus/agroforestry
[13] http://admin.indiaenvironmentportal.org.in/category/thesaurus/agricultural-systems