A systems model describing the impact of organic resource use on farming households in low to middle income countries

Jo Smith; Dali Nayak; Ashim  Datta; Wasudeo Nivrutti  Narkhede; Fabrizio Albanito; Bedru Balana; Sanjoy  Bandyopadhyay; Helaina Black; Shiferaw Boke; Alison Brand; Anja Byg; Mengistu Dinato; Mulugeta Habte; Paul Hallett; Thomas  Lemma; Wolde Mekuria; Awdenegest Moges; Alemayehu Muluneh; Paula Novo; Mike Rivington; Tewodros Tefera; May  Vanni; Getahun Yakob; Euan Phimister

doi:10.1016/j.agsy.2020.102895

A systems model describing the impact of organic resource use on farming households in low to middle income countries

Jo Smith^* (Corresponding Author), Dali Nayak, Ashim Datta, Wasudeo Nivrutti Narkhede, Fabrizio Albanito, Bedru Balana, Sanjoy Bandyopadhyay, Helaina Black, Shiferaw Boke, Alison Brand, Anja Byg, Mengistu Dinato, Mulugeta Habte, Paul Hallett, Thomas Lemma, Wolde Mekuria, Awdenegest Moges, Alemayehu Muluneh, Paula Novo, Mike RivingtonTewodros Tefera, May Vanni, Getahun Yakob, Euan Phimister

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Abstract

We present a new systems model that encompasses both environmental and socioeconomic outcomes to simulate impacts of organic resource use on livelihoods of smallholder farmers in low to middle income countries. It includes impacts on soils, which in many countries are degrading with long term loss of organic matter. Many farmers have easy access to animal manures that could be used to increase soil organic matter, but this precious resource is often diverted to other purposes, such as fuels, also resulting in loss of the nutrients needed for crop production. This model simulates impacts of different management options on soil organic matter turnover, availability of water and nutrients, crop and animal production, water and energy use, labour requirements and household income and expenditure. An evaluation and example application from India are presented and used to illustrate the importance of considering the whole farm system when developing recommendations to help farmers improve their soils

Original language	English
Article number	102895
Number of pages	36
Journal	Agricultural Systems
Volume	184
Early online date	24 Jul 2020
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.1016/j.agsy.2020.102895
Publication status	Published - 30 Sept 2020

Bibliographical note

We are grateful for support from the DFID-NERC El Niño programme in project NE P004830, “Building Resilience in Ethiopia’s Awassa region to Drought (BREAD)”, the
ESRC NEXUS programme in project IEAS/POO2501/1, “Improving organic resource use in rural Ethiopia (IPORE)”, and the NERC ESPA programme in project NEK0104251 “Alternative carbon investments in ecosystems for poverty alleviation (ALTER)”. We are also grateful to Dr. V.U.M. Rao (Former Project Coordinator, AICRP on Agrometeorology, CRIDA, Hyderabad) and Dr. S.K. Chaudhari (DDG, NRM Division, KAB-II, ICAR, New Delhi) for their assistance in collecting meteorological data of Parbhani, Maharashtra.

Keywords

Whole farm system modelling
organic resource use
farm livelihoods
nitrogen use efficiency
soil water
carbon sequestration
Nitrogen use efficiency
Farm livelihoods
Soil water
Organic resource use
Carbon sequestration

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Smith, J., Nayak, D., Datta, A., Narkhede, W. N., Albanito, F., Balana, B., Bandyopadhyay, S., Black, H., Boke, S., Brand, A., Byg, A., Dinato, M., Habte, M., Hallett, P., Lemma, T., Mekuria, W., Moges, A., Muluneh, A., Novo, P., ... Phimister, E. (2020). A systems model describing the impact of organic resource use on farming households in low to middle income countries. Agricultural Systems, 184, Article 102895. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.agsy.2020.102895

Smith, J, Nayak, D, Datta, A, Narkhede, WN, Albanito, F, Balana, B, Bandyopadhyay, S, Black, H, Boke, S, Brand, A, Byg, A, Dinato, M, Habte, M, Hallett, P, Lemma, T, Mekuria, W, Moges, A, Muluneh, A, Novo, P, Rivington, M, Tefera, T, Vanni, M, Yakob, G & Phimister, E 2020, 'A systems model describing the impact of organic resource use on farming households in low to middle income countries', Agricultural Systems, vol. 184, 102895. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.agsy.2020.102895

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A systems model describing the impact of organic resource use on farming households in low to middle income countries

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