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Biblioteca(s): | INIA Treinta y Tres.
Tipo de la producción científica: | Artículos en Revistas Indexadas Internacionales
Circulación/Nivel: | -- - --
Fecha corriente: | 26/07/2021
Fecha de la última actualización: | 26/07/2021
Autoria: | TSENG, C-M.; ROEL, A.; MACEDO, I.; MARELLA, M.; TERRA, J.A.; PITTELKOW, C. M.
Afiliación: | MENG-CHUN TSENG, Department of Crop Sciences, University of Illinois, Urbana, IL 61801, USA; ALVARO ROEL DELLAZOPPA, INIA (Instituto Nacional de Investigación Agropecuaria), Uruguay; IGNACIO MACEDO YAPOR, INIA (Instituto Nacional de Investigación Agropecuaria), Uruguay; MUZIO MARELLA, Sociedad Anónima Molinos Arroceros Nacionales (SAMAN), Uruguay; JOSÉ ALFREDO TERRA FERNÁNDEZ, INIA (Instituto Nacional de Investigación Agropecuaria), Uruguay; CAMERON M. PITTELKOW, Department of Plant Sciences, University of California, Davis, CA 95616, USA.
Título: | Synergies and tradeoffs among yield, resource use efficiency, and environmental footprint indicators in rice systems.
Año de publicación: | 2021
Fuente/Imprenta: | Current Research in Environmental Sustainability, 2021, volume 3, 100070. OPEN ACCESS. DOI: https://doi.org/10.1016/j.crsust.2021.100070
DOI: | 10.1016/j.crsust.2021.100070
Idioma: | Inglés
Notas: | Article history: Received 30 April 2021 / / Revised 12 July 2021 // Accepted 13 July 2021 // Available online 24 July 2021.

Contenido:

A major question facing global rice systems is the extent to which yield and resource use efficiency indicators can be simultaneously optimized to sustainably meet future food demand. However, research approaches for evaluating synergies and tradeoffs among multiple indicators have been limited to date. Using the case study of rice production in Uruguay, we quantified five cropping system performance indicators at the farm-level from 2012 to 2017, covering approximately 40% of national rice area. Results suggest that maximizing performance in one
indicator is associated with tradeoffs for other indicators, with no farm simultaneously ranking as a topperformer (defined as top 10% of farms) across all indicators. The gaps between the average and topperforming farms were largest for agrochemical contamination risk (33%) and smallest for yield (11%). Comparing the groups of top-performing farms within each indicator revealed opportunities for improving system-level performance via synergistic effects between yield and resource use efficiencies, but not between carbon footprint, agrochemical contamination risk, and other indicators. Importantly, synergistic effects were more pronounced for farms at lower compared to higher productivity levels, suggesting less room for ustainability improvements at higher yield levels, unless yields can be further increased without elevated inputs. Important factors to improve the aggregated sustainability index included N fertilizer rate and seeding date. With potential application to rice production systems worldwide, this study highlights an integrated research approach for quantifying synergies and tradeoffs among multiple indicators to understand opportunities for increasing crop yields without negatively impacting resource use efficiency and environmental footprint.

Palabras-Clave: | CARBON FOOTPRINT; ENVIRONMENTAL IMPACT; NITROGEN USE EFFICIENCE; RICE; SUSTAINABILITY; TRADEOFFS.
Categoría del tema: | P01 Conservación de la naturaleza y recursos de La tierra

URL:

http://www.ainfo.inia.uy/digital/bitstream/item/15908/1/Current-Research-Environmental-Sustainability-2021-3-100070.pdf
https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S2666049021000463

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