CGIAR Research Program on Grain Legumes and Dryland Cereals - GLDC

Overview: FP3-3.6 - Identify criteria and indicators for analyzing sustainability that could be applicable across the farming systems in the regions. Finding common and region-specific indicators, and then quantifying them for a set of GLDC-specific options

FP3-3.5 - FP3-3.9


Leader: Kumar Shalander, International Crops Research Institute for the Semi-Arid Tropics - ICRISAT
Coleader: Quang Bao Le, International Center for Agricultural Research in the Dry Areas - ICARDA

Team members: 4
Partner organizations: 6

Budget 2025
USD : 0

Outputs: 3

  Activity/Product Description
    
Sustainable intensification (SI) is at the forefront of food security discussions as a means to meet the growing demand for agricultural production while conserving land and other resources. The nature and scope of SI, however, is highly contested (Gunton et al., 2016). Initial definitions put forward for SI focused primarily on agronomic production, profitability and protecting the environment (Baulcombe et al., 2009; Tilman et al., 2002). Recently there have been important efforts to broaden the definition of SI to include social aspects such as gender equity and human capacity (Godfray, 2015; Pretty et al., 2011; Loos et al., 2014). The scope encompassed by SI is becoming broader, as the science of sustainability is maturing and multidisciplinary approaches are coming to the fore (Gunton et al., 2016; Petersen and Snapp, 2015; Snapp et al. 2018). A broader definition of SI is emerging that takes into account the domains of human condition, nutrition and social equity. Next steps require identification of criteria and associated indicators, to track progress, assess tradeoffs and identify synergies. Methods for cross-scale analysis and meaningful comparisons between domains are needed. Although a number of indicators for evaluating SI systems exist, many often-cited criteria lack strong sets of associated indicators. There has been significant work in SSA but not much literature is available for South Asia. Various criteria that are particularly important for grain legume and dryland cereals agri-food systems and agro-ecologies often still lack indicators that can be deployed for measuring SI of crop-livestock systems.
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Code Type Output Name Leader Co-leader Deliverables Commodity View
FP3-3.6.1 Framework and indicators identified Kumar Shalander Katrien Descheemaeker 10 Finger millet, Maize, Sorghum, Lentil, Chickpea, Cotton, Cowpea, Pearl millet, Groundnut, Peanut, Pigeonpea
FP3-3.6.2 Relevant framework, criteria and indicators for sustainability (including resilience) of agricultural livelihood systems Quang Bao Le Grégoire Meylan 7 Finger millet, Maize, Sorghum, Lentil, Chickpea, Cotton, Cowpea, Pearl millet, Groundnut, Peanut, Pigeonpea, Finger millet, Maize, Sorghum, Lentil, Chickpea, Cotton, Cowpea, Pearl millet, Groundnut, Peanut, Pigeonpea
FP3-3.6.3 Online farming system sustaianbility assessment tool developed and shared in public domain Kumar Shalander Katrien Descheemaeker 1 Finger millet, Maize, Sorghum, Lentil, Chickpea, Cotton, Cowpea, Pearl millet, Groundnut, Peanut, Pigeonpea, Finger millet, Maize, Sorghum, Lentil, Chickpea, Cotton, Cowpea, Pearl millet, Groundnut, Peanut, Pigeonpea, Finger millet, Maize, Sorghum, Lentil, Chickpea, Cotton, Cowpea, Pearl millet, Groundnut, Peanut, Pigeonpea
  Training
    
Training Type Title Subject From To
Event Training Conference/Event on The International Society for Ecological Modelling Global Conference 2019 in (Austria , Salzburg) The International Society for Ecological Modelling Global Conference 2019 2019-10-01 2019-10-05
Other Training National Face to face Seminar Training on ICAR-Indian Institute of Farming Systems Research Seminar/Workshop in (India , Patancheru) (Male: 20, Female: 30) ICAR-Indian Institute of Farming Systems Research Seminar/Workshop 2020-02-13 2020-02-13
Other Training National Face to face Seminar Training on National workshop on Sustainability of Indian Agriculture: Methodology and Indicators in (India , New Deihi) (Male: 30, Female: 20) National workshop on Sustainability of Indian Agriculture: Methodology and Indicators 2019-06-18 2020-06-19
Other Training National Face to face Workshop on Multi-stakeholder Workshop on Criteria and Indicators for Sustainability of Agricultural Livelihood Systems - Ethiopian Stakeholders' Perspectives in (Ethiopia , Debre Birhan) (Male: 12, Female: 18) Multi-stakeholder Workshop on Criteria and Indicators for Sustainability of Agricultural Livelihood Systems - Ethiopian Stakeholders' Perspectives 2019-09-24 2020-06-25
Other Training National Face to face Workshop on Multi-stakeholder Workshop on Criteria and Indicators for Sustainability of Agricultural Livelihood Systems: Burkina Faso's Stakeholders' Perspectives (The 2nd Workshop) in (Burkina Faso , Bobo-Dioulasso) (Male: 30, Female: 10) Multi-stakeholder Workshop on Criteria and Indicators for Sustainability of Agricultural Livelihood Systems: Burkina Faso's Stakeholders' Perspectives (The 2nd Workshop) 2019-06-12 2020-06-13
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