4.03 Conservation agriculture-based sustainable intensification: Increasing yields and water productivity for smallholders of the Eastern Gangetic Plains by Dr. Mahesh Gathala (CIMMYT) [Islam et al., 2021 – Field Crops Research]

4.04 Enabling smallholder farmers to sustainably improve their food, energy and water nexus while achieving environmental and economic benefits by Alison Laing (CSIRO) [Gathala et al., 2020 – Renewable and Sustainable Energy Reviews]

4.05 Improved water management practices improve cropping system profitability and smallholder farmers’ incomes by Dr. Swaraj Kumar Dutta (BAU) [Dutta et al., 2020 – Agricultural Water Management]

4.06 Energy-efficient, sustainable crop production practices benefit smallholder farmers and the environment across three countries in the Eastern Gangetic Plains, South Asia by Dr. Mahesh Gathala (CIMMYT) [Gathala et al., 2020 – Journal of Cleaner Production]

4.07 Layering smart management practices to sustainably maintain rice yields and improve water use efficiency in eastern India by Dr. Swaraj Kumar Dutta (BAU) [Chaurasiya et al., In Review – Field Crops Research]

4.08 Improving smallholder farmers’ gross margins and labour-use efficiency across a range of cropping systems in the Eastern Gangetic Plains by Alison Laing (CSIRO) [Gathala et al., 2021 – World Development]

4.09 SRFSI Scientific Exploration: West Bengal by Dr. Biplab Mitra [Several Publications including PhD / MSc thesis]

4.10 When cereal intensification isn’t just about cereals: Secondary implications of agricultural transition in South Asia by Dr. Brendan Brown (CIMMYT) [Brown et al., Under Review – Journal of Development Studies]

4.13 Measuring progress towards mechanisation is difficult, and many studies focus on tractors as a measure of mechanisation which does not tell the true story. There are few ways to measure agri-mechanisation progress that exist leading to limited assessment of decades of activity in Nepal.

We apply a novel adoption framework to create a baseline of agri- mechanisation progress across the Nepal Terai. Substantial exposure gaps and limited machinery ownership create a large pool of constrained potential adopters. But Nepal has the potential to rapidly mechanise if exposure gaps and usage constraints are ameliorated. A method through which to understand adoption processes, drivers, status, and implications is provided for future studies.

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4.14 Application of Innovation Platforms to catalyse adoption of conservation agriculture practices in South Asia by Dr. Peter Brown (CSIRO) [Brown et al 2021, International Journal of Agricultural Sustainability]

4.15 How have smallholder farmers used digital extension tools? Practitioner and user voices from Sub-Saharan Africa, South Asia and Southeast Asia by Sam Coggins (ACIAR) [Coggins et al., In review – Global Food Security]

4.16 Farm Mechanization in Nepal: Policy Context, Drivers and Options by Emma Karki (CIMMYT) [Karki et al., Under Review – Journal of International Development]

4.17 Expanding Zero Tillage Service Provision: perspectives from machinery owners in the Eastern Gangetic Plains by Akriti Sharma (CIMMYT) [Sharma et al., 2021 – Pre submission]

4.18 Understanding decision processes in becoming a fee-for-hire service provider: a case study on direct-seeded rice in Bihar, India by Dr. Brendan Brown [Brown et al., Under Review in Rural Studies]

4.19 Understanding typology outcomes: From (non-) interest to implementation and disadoption by Emma Karki (CIMMYT) and Anjana Chaudhary (CIMMYT) [Various Pre-submission Publications]

4.20 Farmers’ Experience of Weed Management under Conservation Agriculture: Insights from the Eastern Gangetic Plains of South Asia by Bhavya Suri (CIMMYT) [Suri et al., Presubmission]

4.23 Herbicides and Zero Tillage in South Asia: Are we creating a gendered problem? by Dr. Brendan Brown (CIMMYT) [Brown et al., 2021 – Outlook on Agriculture]

4.24 How does gender influence the evaluation of Conservation Agriculture in South Asia? by Emma Karki (CIMMYT) [Karki et al., Presubmission]