Article Type : Research Article
Authors : Yadav RC
Keywords : Bed formation; Land and water; management practice; Nano-technology; productivity; Sustainable development goal; Changing climate
Food is a life force for our families, cultures,
and our communities. But profound changes in the way food is grown, processed,
distributed, consumed, and wasted over the last several decades has led to
increasing threats to a future of food that is sustainable, equitable, and
secure. Food interconnects with all aspects of our lives: Water • Land • Energy
• Culture • Jobs • Technology • Economies • Policies • Families, UN
Secretary-General Anión planned a Food Systems Summit for 20221to raise global
awareness and land global commitments and actions that would transform food
systems to resolve not only hunger, but to reduce diet-related disease and heal
the planet. The Secretary General called for collective action of all citizens
to radically change the way people produce, process, and consume food. Since
food is basic need for survival and growth, efforts had been all time to
develop ways and means to produce more than that is going on. In the domain of
food production, intensification in agriculture which began about seven decades
ago practices of mechanized operations created compaction by traffic, which
leads to loss of productivity. In order to overcome the problem of traffic a
system of fixed row agriculture was visualized as solution to it, a system of fixed
row cultivation was introduced, which took form of system of raised beds and
furrows (RBF). This practice saved irrigation water and enhanced productivity
of crops. This RBF later took shape of permanent raised bed and furrow (PRBF).
Many developed countries particularly U.S.A and Australia jointly launched
projects on the RBF in populous counties in South East Asia to demonstrate way
of enhancing food production to fulfill increasing populations’ food demands
about six decades ago. The programs were sponsored by grants from different
donor agencies. The RBF in use was becoming PRBF. The high wisdom direction and
endeavors resulted increase of food production, but it could not become
sustainable as people could not continue as a plausible practice due to
emerging difficulties of non availability of the bed forming machineries,
hardening of surface soil and problem of weed intensive growth and need of
reshaping of furrows for restoration of the configuration of furrows. These
associating problems with RBF or PRBF in those countries became cause of people
not adopting and the practice almost left the ground. After almost two decades
some research institutions endeavored to popularize the system of RBF, and lot
of controversies and limitation made it to remain as item of research in
Agricultural Universities and many crop based institutions of the apex research
organization Indian Council of Agricultural Research. New Delhi. These
researches remained busy in finding sizes of the beds and formation machineries,
but it could not bring wide spread adoption again by agriculture practiceners.
In the meantime several innovative researches emerged on the aspects which had
been found as limitations such as problem of bed forming machineries,
involvement of sorptivity for enhancing uniform fast crop stand establishments,
eco-zero weeding to overcome huge problem of weed and crop losses and
maintenance of sustainable soil moisture supply for good crop growth, manures
and fertilizer applications etc [1,2]. Inspired by researches, and associated
such developments in realty management, Parkinson and Rustam ji, aplication of
Cation Exchange Capacity (CEC) was brought in the developing scenario for
enhancing soil productivity with feasible means. In these scientific endeavors
it culminated in to formation of raised beds and furrows (RBF) with tremendous
prospects. Objective of the present study was to demonstrate utility of new RBF
developed as a nano science to bring plentiful justifications in producing
enhanced food sustainably. This manuscript comprises previous efforts,
limitations, new innovations and their applications for enhancement in food
crop yields. The study presents feasibility of adoption by people and
justification as new advancement on enhancing soil and land productivity.
Summary of previous researches on
RBF/PRBF
Envision for overcoming intensified traffic due to
heavy machinery mechanization and development of compaction induced crop losses
in agriculture led to genesis of the RBF. Studies on RBF began in USA and
Australia spread in many countries of world and became practice of PRBF (Table
1). Thus, RBF got devised to overcome problems associated with mechanized
agriculture, which proved successful in those countries viz USA and Australia.
In those countries, the RBF got converted as Permanent Raised Bed and Furrow
(PRBF) [3-6]. From USA and carried out researches on RBF and PRBF primarily in
Australia and later on in South East Asian country viz Pakistan. Many other
researches on RBF reported increase on enhancing yield and water use efficiency
[7,8]. As time passed benefits got realized and research on RBF also got
extended in coverage of areas under adoption. These countries and many
International Organizations launched special funded projects to operationally
demonstrate and popularize adoption of the RBF in Bangladesh, India, Indonesia,
Nepal and Pakistan. Seeing improvements in productivity, saving in water and
possible crop diversification features inducement by the RBF, China also
launched its own countrywide project on the RBF. Although found effective in
afore mentioned aspects of producing benefits, at the same time exhibited
limitations of raised beds getting compacted, collapsing of beds in furrows
leading to loss of crop line and developing weed intensified problem. There
emerged need of machinery for formation of beds and combined effects of
limitations resulted in no adoption of the RBF in such south East Asian
Countries after closure of projects and accompanying funding. There existed
cases of scanty researches on establishing efficacy and utility of such RBFs.
Some researches tried to standardize size of raised beds and furrows, but it
remained only with research centers and it could not catch scientific
superiority attract users for adoption as practice. The developments on PRBFs
which exists supporting long duration crops such as sugarcane, pigeon peas and
semi long duration crops also could not get adopted by users in the south East
Asian countries. Even in Australia the PRBs found useful for wet land
conditions, are rarely adopted for sugarcane and cotton cultivation. This
disappointing situation of non adoption of the PRBFs existed in almost all
countries, where the specially funded projects were launched. There had been
time to time research interests that showed diversification of cropping
specially vegetables and medicinal crop cultivations [9]. Use of RBF for crop
diversification. The confirmed utility of RBF and need of innovative researches
to overcome the associating limitations so that it comes in wide adoption by
the agriculture practiceners existed as a continuous demand. The RBF- an
effective means of enhancing food production appeared as natural obvious way
for developing food to support sustainable development goal (SDG) of the United
Nations.
Appraisal of Limitation
As states in previous developments on RBF, there
were problems of non availability of bed forming machineries, standard size of
the RBFs, compaction of raised beds with time within the season, tremendous
infestations of weeds and need of creating soft ground for next seeding
/planting. These limitations became barriers for adoption of the good and
effective practice of the RBF. These problems were innovatively solved, which
will be brought out in result and discussion part of the study.
Cation exchange capacity (CEC) of
soil as a sound basis
Cation Exchange Capacity (CEC) is physico-chemical
characteristics of soil element forming plant nutrient uptake process. Contains
all essential macro and micro plant nutrients having cations and anions
charges. The cation promotion combining effect chemically to build essential
compound those move to plants through root hairs. Ratio between cation and
anion elements is 1:3, which implicates strong need of building strength in the
cation factors for enhancing productive capacity of soil. This aspect had been
the main thrust in present study. Long list of CEC factors invite careful
endeavor build CEC factors of cations so that their compound producing
capacities get boosted and factors promoting desertification get suppressed.
Periodic Table gives a straight answer to the ionic charge, name, and mass of
each element in the table. Equivalent weight (combining weight) is equal to
atomic weight divided by valance [10]. X disputed as the European Union does
not recognize chromium as an essential nutrient. Selenium produces negative
effects on food quality and health hazards.
Need of innovative
technologies on CEC factors
Innovations are needed for overcoming the
limitations bogging down adoption of RBF, which has already proven to be highly
effective in enhancing yield and water use efficiency. Visualization of
feasible and efficient measure then could not bring the good practice of RBF
get adopted by the farmers and agriculture practiceners. Further, in these
endeavors uniform crop stand establishment remained as basic aspect which could
not come to attention of researchers. Any shortfall in uniform crop stand
establishment can bring make up in situation by later measures. To overcome the
problems stand establishment soil physicist remained busy in solving problem of
soil crust formation, which impedes seedling emergence. Therefore, raising
seedlings and transplanting at regular spacing s, largely adopted for small
seed crops and horticulture remained as ongoing practice. However, directly
seeded crops still needed innovative measures to overcome problem by simple
way. Innovative studies enabled development of fast and uniform crop stand in
the field as well as in seed bed formed as NRBF. Such innovation implies that
once uniform crop stand is established many subsequent reforms will uplift the
crop to produce lateral and vertical growth comprising high yield of crops/ha.
Sorptivity
Sorptivity is a process of building capacity of
seeds to absorb water content to sprout and starrt emergence in seeds to be
used in regular sowing or seeding for nursery raising for use in subsequent
transplanting. The seed soaked in normal well or canal water for 6-10 hours
(slightly for lower duration for pulses), then keeping under shed covered with
gunny bag cloth. Seeds will start plumule initiation. This prepared seed is
sown in field following final shaping of NRBF. So far there had been lack of
suitable seeding machineries for sowing of swollen seed to maintain optimum
pants per ha of field.
N-3 based CEC- ECO
-ZERO weeding for weed management
Plentiful advancement
had been made in development of eco-zero weeding, eliminating need of any
subsequent secondary tillage operation for removing weeds. The basis,
experimentation, results and its multiple benefits have been documented
[11-16]. This eco zero weeding fixes dynamic Nitrogen (N), which produces
unimaginable yield compensating yield loss and bringing still higher
unimaginable crop yield. Details will be presented in result part of the study.
S-2 based CEC
improvement
In first CEC catiour is N. Innovative development
based on application of nitrogen cycle management was reported by study [17]. S
based CEC factor is second in list (Table 2). Detailed study on S was
accomplished [18]. Crisp results of the innovative development fostering
productivity will be taken up in result part of study.
O-2 based CEC
This factor is fostered in the N RBF in form of a
practice which inherently get enhanced in NRBF. The detail available in study
will be brought out in result part of study.
C-4 carbon based CEC
The addition of carbon is through organic manure viz
compost. Expeimental studies have established that one forth of N required be
supplemented through biological N sources. Guiding principle is that C: N >2.
Therefore, the C:N ratio indicates levels of building the levels of C. Thus,
building N will compensate C. This fact supports strongly many innovations on N
supplementation will be complementing C.
I-2 based CEC
Iodine is CEC factor which governs food quality.
This I is derived from soil. Hills and Tarai (areas adjacent foot hills)
regions and coastal regions suffer set back of erosion of iodine (I),
indicating severity of low I containing food and incidence of goiter. The
coastal peoples’ diet containing fish is, however restored, but shortage of I
content in Hills and foot hills becomes crucially low and prevalence of health
hazard of goiter. Fish manure in any form, be compost and tankage, is the
possible way of maintaining the level of I. Thus, utility of RBF is highly
extendable in hilly, foot hill lands and in as well as costal land treatment
measures. This fact is providing as a new clue on enhancing productivity of
soil.
Clay-3 based CEC
Clay content is main source of causing turbidity in
water. It always remains in suspension. In spite of any type of soil
conservation measures clay move with runoff that means clay loss from the soil
in the field is through wash off. The best possible way to restore is to store
water in pond where clay settles and when water dries down, it is lifted and
reapplied in field. The clay loss from fields implicates dual problem of loss
of productivity and when water treatment is carried out for domestic water
supply, it demand chemical and treatment by flocculation and filtration,
thereby meaning huge cost. Government of India have running program of Mahatama
Gandhi National Rural Employment Guaranty Act (MNREGA), where ponds and water
storage bodies are re-excavated under the employment of 150 day’s work per
person. However, the utility of the Clay is not visualized in that program. The
new use of building CEC through this clay in the sandy soil with low clay
content will be ideal way of restoring soil productivity. Thus, increased
utility, demand and revenue can become source for enhancement in wages and no
of peoples’ employment. This aspect is taken up by the author in another
program of combating desertification. The aspect will be dealt with in
different study. Now coming to N-RBF the 92 % of field saved from wash off
process of deep flow, hence there is low risk of loss of clay in wash off. The
land parcel length of 18 m is good for conserving soil loss [19]. Therefore,
N-RBF is self conserving clay and maintaining soil productivity.
Humic based CEC
The effect of humification is acquired by way of
tankage. The tannakage enhances N and P content of organic manure sources. RBF
maintains moisture in raised bed under aerobic condition which fulfills all
needed environmental condition to make sulphur cycle follow aerobic route and
produce sulphate. This process supplements the S another factor of CEC, which
produces high harvest index. Results of this technology will be taken up in
result part of the study.
Super micro irrigation
Super micro irrigation overcomes adverse impact of
climate change, providing crop insurance. The NRBF creates improved soil
environment that foster oxygen supply and sufficient moisture enabling uptake
of nutrients through root hairs. The raised beds provide 92 % of fields to
occupy ideal situation. Remaining 8% will be manageable for growing high
moisture loving crops viz paddy. Such ideal field conditions can never be
acquired by any measure for enhancing soil productivity.
Possible formable
types of seed/planting beds
(Figure 1) sows the possible bed formable features
after creating land to acquire flat land with permissible slope ranges for
arable lands. So far widely used flat lands are tilled and seeding/planting
done. Several researches had been putting endeavors to create soil tilth,
smoothen land surface; even laser leveling is fondly performed as the most
advanced technology. Laser leveling makes uniform spread of water in flat land,
but it does not bring any beneficial improvement in environment for prospecting
harvest. Laser leveling improves application efficiency of irrigation water.
Likewise, ridge and furrow is widely adopted practice for some row crops and
saving in irrigation water demand is made. The other way of bed formation could
be raised bed and furrow, which took shape of PRBF in originating countries,
but still not popularly adopted. In the present study a new nano tech RBF
(N-RBF) with sufficient justification can be formed. Only this practice among
all bed forming practices, envisioned and attempts enhancement of soil productivity
through building CEC of soil. Assessment based limitations and gains from the
nano tech RBF will be presented in result part of the study. The nano tech will
overcome limitations encountered in previously attempted popularization of the
already established by previous studies.
Racy nature
agriculture
In innovative practice
with characteristics of being alive, smart and enthusiastic (RACY) nature
agriculture where all activities had innovative individual component factors
was devised. The contribution of individual factors on enhancement of yield was
established from long time research results. There can be some small variations
in individual effects of factors, but combined effect on enhancing crop
productivity will be reaching to almost same level. It is evident that the
nature based quantum (fixed pattern which is universally applicable)
agriculture it requires planning of associated activities to make the benefits
produced by succeeding crops produces good effect on the following crops that
will reflect the increase in crop yields for the N-RBF. In universalized
application, the factor isolated in (Table 3). Provide scientific vision to
identify any weak one, which can be suitably supplemented to bring yield to
expected level. This will enable create scientific man oeuvre of agriculture
production system. Implicating results will be presented in result part of
study.
Experimental study on
enhancing yield of wheat after paddy
Depicting all possible improvements for preparation
of seed bed/planting beds that have been practiced (flat and ridge and furrow)
and PRBF researched for five decades have provided experience and appraisal of
utility and efficacy. The study conducted on CEC enhancement is presented here
to prove efficacy of CEC based measures i.e. nano technology on enhancing soil
productivity. Sequential preparation and operations adopted in the field study
are given (Table 4). Various supporting components in the field study support
building enhanced CEC and establishing crop yield level for comparison with
yields from different occurring CEC levels. The treatments under the eco
creating conditions were not weeded and the system was named as eco-zero
weeding. Several aspects of eco-zero weeding have been documented. Aspects of
water use efficiency and resilience to climate aspects are presented herein the
present study.
The past researches
The previous dealing on genesis, development, use
and deriving benefits and its popularizations established that RBF is effective
practice by building CEC improvement in soil as habitat [20] and conditions of
varying type, be slope limited, wetness, drainage and physic- chemical
characteristics etc. The studies revealed in enhancement of yield and water use
efficiencies. The formation of RGF had some limitations which became barrier
for its adoption. The associated limitations becoming barriers were also dealt
with.
Limitations in past practice of PRBF and attempted measures
for their elimination and overcoming
Development of flat land had been last resort of ideal land capability class and improvement of arable lands. The flat land has been widely practiced with flood irrigation, particularly for close growing gramini family crops viz wheat and barley and paddy. Widely spaced crops had been brought under ridge and furrow. This ridge and furrow had been an innovation claimed by International Crop Research Institute for SemiArid Tropics (ICRISAT), Hyderabad, India in initial period following its establishment. Ridge and furrow, a prominent practice for cultivation of maize in Northern Nigeria was disapproved after several years of research, by a British Senior Soil Scientist in 1968. It was concluded that use of ridge and furrow is not superior to flatland cultivation of maize. Almost during same time All India Research Project on Dry Land was launched with technical and financial support from Canada, there too existed no research establishing use of the RBF.
Figure 1: Different land and bed forms practiceable on the flat lands.
Previous presented details in section 2.1 and 3.1
substantially established the fact brought out here establish that there was no
practice of RBF. However, in mid 1970s research works started appearing on the
RBFs. Section 2.1 and 3.2 devoted on ongoing and wide spread production of food
for huge population growth, which can be taken up pro-action of Soil
Scientists, Agronomist and Agricultural Engineer at time of Green revolution in
seventies. The benefits and opportunities inspired scientists to conduct
research and solve associated problems, as elaborated in the previous sections.
The present study took the CEC as base for making it nano technology and
solving the associated problems then and making the N-RBF highly effective and
innovative science based practice for its feasible easy adoption. Thus, the
present research proved that N RBF is the best possible practice for enhancing
soil productivity and render it for wide spread adoption by agriculture
practiceners. Taking these situations different types of seedbed /land
formation were devised in Figure 1. Various limitations are presented in (Table
5). The details on various aspects support that RBF had been new innovation,
which had been devised in USA and Australia, produced good effects on yield and
saving in irrigation water and fostering crop diversification. However, due to
many inherent limitations and difficulties cited the RBF could not be adopted.
The innovations and justification of CEC make the every time freshly made
(N-RBF) is the most scientifically devised practice that would be adopted by
agriculture practiceners. The N RBF is able to overcome all limitations and
render it gat plausibly adopted by agriculturists. Every time freshly made T4
N-RBF with innovative measures becomes free of limitataions for plausible
adoption by agriculturists. Limitations and problems associated with different
seedbed/ planting bed formations for enhancing productivity
The CEC nano technology
N- RBF
The CEC is ion based character of sol plant nutrient
management and taken up in the present study, hence it forms nano technology
supported practice. There might be such chemical reactions in RBF happening,
Present thrust on CEC open enhanced opportunity and scopes for building soil
productivity through this nano technology. This aspect had been adequately
established in Section 2.3 and In this domain realization of this
Physico-Chemical characteristics leads to development of nano technology
fostered practice of N-RBF.
Reappraisal of ideal habitat creation by N-RBF and management
of nutrient supply
(Table 6) Consisting detail step wise calculations
prove situation with N-RBF that creates almost 92 % of land in moisture and
oxygen containing ideal soil plant relation for enhancing yield of crop.
Remaining about 8% land is with high moisture and serves as runoff disposal
management. Thus, N RBF is the most perfect and effective innovation for
building soil environment (Eherler and Goss, 2003) on enhancing soil
productivity. Further, this type of RBF saves almost 30 saving in irrigation
water, as established by almost all researches conducted during last seven
decades. Optimum land length to eliminate rill erosion and wash off restricted
by growing cop in parcel [21] ++Cross section of water spread .045x400/100=.18m
N based nanotechnology
In the N is the first CEC building factor, largely
fortifications of N have been through chemical nitrogen supplementation. There
have been multifaced advancements on nitrogen cycle management which
plentifully supplement the N based productivity through CEC. The innovations
created practices of eco zero weeding Intercropping Intra Row cropping [22].
Opportunity cropping and probabilistic green water use cropping. The combined N
based CEC built enhancement was present in study It was established that almost
four fold yield enhancement buildup occurs by a single, but prominent N CEC
factor. The N based CEC fostered practices besides enhancing yield bring other
multiple benefits and reformation in useful changes in daily life of people.
The N bases CEC fortification of the N-RBF will be manageable that will enhance
productivity of soil in exponential order. The N based CEC fortification can be
brought when RBF is freshly made at the time of seeding or even prior to
transplantation. Based technology The Sulphur (S based) CEC is second in the
list the cation exchange capacity factors of equal importance. The important
factor was not brought out in use in previous practices, as established by
study [23]. Study presents details of how the S based CEC can be built in the
natural process. The S based CEC fortification has important implication of
enhancing yield and crop harvest index. The S based CEC improves quality
character of food commodity. The supplementation is brought by aerobically
decomposed compost, which is known as NADEP composting in some part of India.
The NADEP contains Sulphur, which had been fully substantiated by Studies [24].
The S based fortification needs pre preparation and incorporation in field
before formation of N-RBF.
O based
Study by
added support of enhancement in efficacy of oxygen in root zone on enhancement
of yield. Formation of flat land in to raised beds and furrow enables creating
almost 92 % of the flat field to have with adequate oxygen supply, which
otherwise gets affected by flooding. Remaining 8% with adequate moisture supply
will enable raising high water demanding crops such as paddy. Thus, raised beds
with adequate oxygen in soil crops such as maize and pulses will grow
profusely. Thus, RBF enables crop diversification in field which had been main
thrust of introduction of RBF in the previous researches which took form of
PRBF in Bangladesh, Indonesia and Nepal. Thus, N-RBF will bring new agriculture
scenario emerging as solution for creating sustainable agriculture under
climate change.
Carbon based
As brought out in subsection 2.4-2-7, application of
one fourth of N requirement needs supplementation for producing the maximum
yield with integrated nutrient management. The enhanced N and P will be covered
with presently available organic manure. Therefore, it requires application of organic
manure which acts CEC buildup. The amendment and its incorporation should be
completed at least 20 days before formation of N-RBF as well sowing. Thus, this
fact support justification of recommended doses of NPK and on forth of its
supplementation by organic manure to be adopted to produce large quantity of
food for overcoming hunger and making nutritional food for the large global
population. This fact also becomes convincing ground to organic loving people
to use organic seed spices and fulfilling human body requirement for ion
balance and let entire land resources be brought under cereals and pulses.
I based CEC
Bio-technologies were
developed to enhance nutrient capacity of iodine in irrigation water. The
tankaged fish manure as well as irrigation water will enrich iodine in food
commodity. This scientific fact encourage passing irrigation water trough fish
rearing tank that will become nondispensable use of water aiding water
productivity.
Clay based
Clay content will enhance cation exchange capacity.
Engineering method is on blue print that will bring clay available in ponds and
lakes to go for extensive use for combating desertification.
Humic based enhancement of CEC
Humification enhances ranges of N and P content. The
scope of enhancing N and P from low to very high range in field is depicted in
(Table 7). This knowledge opens frontiers for preparing organic manure and P
supplementation for enhancing CEC. Available low content compost when tankaged
it can be utilized to cover large areas and productivity of soil restored. The
ongoing practice of collecting cow dung from individual farmers’ and making
organic manure does not involve tankaging. This aspect is not known to the
project launchers in many states, where the practice claimed as prospecting
ventures in some states in India. Further in the past, there used to be project
on cow dung gas plant, where slurry is dried and use for various purposes. Low
working efficiency of the Cow dung gas plant project could not be sustained.
Realization of this new scientific fact may help restoration of the Cow dung
plants a superior practice to direcly using dung in field or for going to other
uses.
Racy nature agriculture
Contained details of associated package of practices
that will enhance efficacy of N-RBF. This is true for all kind of innovations
in agriculture practices. It is clear that the entire supporting practices
occur at different time, but in definite sequence. Hence, in order to make it
highly effective the practices should revolve in irrotational movement for
making agriculture highly sustainable. The long list of practices and
activities follow sequence hence one after the other [25, 26]. In this respect
RACY nature quantum agriculture fosters chain, where some practices need
special time for preparation and making it effective. Example case is brought
here for production of wheat for eliminating hunger.
High sustainable productivity of wheat
Aspects which add strength to the CEC factors in
enhancing soil productivity are taken up in the following.
Germination, emergence, stand establishment, growth prospects
and saving of irrigation
The method and activities’ details were set in . Here the influence of sorptivity that established uniform wheat crop initial stand sown on about a month late from normal date of sowing in first to second week of sowing. The CEC of N and S were brought here by sowing 50% of normal seed rate of fenugreek that fixed N and side by side S [27]. That solubilized the phosphorus got fixed up during the previous paddy crop. The scenario of good effect is revealed by (Figure 2). Crop deep green color and uniform crop stand after first irrigation ie 21 days after sowing. Uniformity of crop stand established by sorptivity, vigorous growth and deep colored chlorophyll reveal very good prospects of high yielding harvest. The crop was given second irrigation about 66 days after the sowing. Thus, crop matured with tow irrigation (Pre sowing field preparation) plus two subsequent irrigations, bringing saving in irrigation water. All agricultural activities depicted vide table can be conveniently carried out in raised beds which become available with NRBF. Thus, saving of irrigation water in terms of volume will be still larger than 30 %, as established in.
Figure 2: Scenario of crop after first irrigation on farmer’s field after harvest of paddy.
Yield enhancement
Following irrigation no weeding and top dressing of
urea no other agricultural operation was carried out. During the time of crop
at nearing stage there occurred strong wind that caused lodging of wheat crop,
in general. Before harvesting wheat crop samples of 1mx1m were harvested from
the experiment and adjoining fields not under experiment. The sample yield,
grain filling in selected ear heads, their weights was monitored to assess
makeup of delay in grain filling, grain no and weight of grain to establish
lateral and vertical enhancement of yield by the associated innovative
practices. It was observed that sorptivity made up emergence and crop stand
establishment of about a week. The grain filling was closer to that of crop
sown about a month before. These facts showed resilience and compensating
effect. On an average the no of wheat plants bearing ear heads were about 1100
plants/m 2. High density plant population lead to enhanced yield of about 110
q/ha. Thus, lateral and vertical growth contributed to enhance crop yield as a
result of plant nutrient viz N,P, K and S uptake raised by CEC of soil ranging
from 0- 10 and 35q/has (Table 8). Developed with cropping scenario and crop
yield from sites and fields situation surrounding the experimental sites. The
scenario wise yield at a given site depicts scope of land and water management
practice to make huge difference between harvests and become able to provide
support for livelihood. Close look of data on yield in also revealed almost
over three fold yield with associating technologies made accompanying component
of N-RBF. In the racy nature agriculture integrated practice when RBF is
included, it will have enhanced yield by 10 % or more. With these facts the
yield levels can be confidently taken as 110 a/ha. When all practices of Racy
nature agriculture, particularly S based nano tech that creates high harvest
index is adopted, the yield will likely reach unimaginable yield up to140 q/ha.
Lastly, when nitrogen cycle management based opportunity cropping is carried
out; the equivalent yield of wheat will go up to 172q/ ha during the winter
season. The yields levels might appear non believable, but these figures are
harvested yields in experiment on demonstration plot on the farmers field. Thus
the results build confidence in importance of CEC in bringing advancement in
agriculture.
Applicability of CEC building measures on yield enhancement
of different wheat varieties
(Figure 3) shows yields of different varieties of wheat recommended for different regions and their variations. The nature base agriculture with recommended varieties produce more yield than that any crop in India. It is confidently concluded that Racy nature agriculture, where N-RBF is an important component practice, it will enhance yields of all wheat varieties and under all locations. This is certain that wheat production will get substantially enhanced at all locations as the practice is applicable under all situations. There might come some shortfall in expected yield, the weak link can be identified and its suitable fortification can be made to produce yield at expected level [28]. Thus, total enhanced yield will eliminate hunger and enable fulfilling sustainable development goal.
Proportionate contribution of CEC factors in yield production
The fore gone description and dealing with CEC
factors, a summary was drawn to develop quick grasp of factors’ importance,
practice for accomplishment and relative importance in yield enhancements by
N-RBF. The share in yield enhancement becomes sound academic basis to display
utility and importance of CEC factors and their management. This information
becomes making basis for soil and plant nutrients in agriculture world over.
There have been in one way or the other things moving and producing some innovative
practices in isolation, the study here presented a composite picture in form of
nano technology. The factors influence increase in yield as well as quality.
Nitrogen content brings amino acids, S enhancement brings strength through
sulphur compound in food, and increase in iodine content eliminates health
hazards by goiter. Innovations on N cycle based practices have tremendous
potential for producing food commodity. The super micro irrigation brings
sustainability and resilience in agriculture under climate change. Thus, CEC
based N RBF evolved transformation and fostered dual strategy of food and
health. These facts add value to N RBF and attraction for adoption for global
sustainable development.
Table
1:
Review of status of RBFs system as a worldwide practice adoption scenarios.
S.No |
Country |
Cooperating Institutions |
No of cases / (%) share |
Main Thrust |
Beneficial factors |
|||
Yield increase, % |
Irrig Saving |
N fixation |
Land improvement |
|||||
1 |
Australia |
Alone as leader |
8(37) |
Many |
10 |
30 |
N |
Wet land improvement |
2 |
Bangladesh |
Bangladesh Agri Sci, Cornel
University, CIMMET and Nepal |
2(9) |
Diversification |
10 |
Better field condition |
|
Enhance crop
yield, adopted area |
3 |
China |
Chinese Academies |
2(9) |
Production |
24-46 |
75mm |
Bed planter /machine |
40, 000 ha under PRBs |
4 |
India |
PAU Ludhiana, Hissar and, SVP
Univ Meerut |
3(14) |
Production |
|
|
|
Better crop harvest index |
5 |
Indonesia |
Indonesian Univ and Victoria Univ Australia |
2(9) |
Diversification |
11 |
|
|
|
6 |
Mexico |
ACIAR, Mexico Commit |
1(5) |
Diversification |
|
|
|
|
7 |
Philippines |
Crop, Waters Div, IRRI, Manila |
1(4) |
Diversification |
|
|
|
|
8 |
Pakistan |
ACIAR |
3(15) |
Production and crop diversification |
Maize 30% and wheat 13% |
Maize 32% and wheat36% |
|
|
Total |
|
|
22 (100) |
|
|
|
|
Table
2:
Elements needed for plant growth affecting plant growth and desertification.
S.No |
Element |
Symbol |
Atomic weight |
Common valance |
Equivalent weight |
CEC Factors |
1 |
2 |
3 |
3 |
4 |
5 |
6 |
1 |
Nitrogen |
N |
14 |
3- |
- |
* |
2 |
Phosphorus |
P |
31 |
5+ |
6.0 |
|
3 |
Potassium |
K |
39.1 |
1+ |
39.1 |
|
4 |
Calcium |
Ca |
40.1 |
2+ |
20.0 |
|
5 |
Magnesium |
Mg |
24.3 |
2+ |
12.2 |
|
6 |
Iron |
Fe |
55.8 |
2+ |
27.9 |
|
7 |
Manganese |
Mn |
54.9 |
2+ |
27.5 |
|
8 |
Boron |
B |
10.8 |
3+ |
3.6 |
|
9 |
Sulphur |
S |
32.1 |
2- |
16.0 |
* |
10 |
Zinc |
Zn |
65.4 |
2+ |
32.7 |
|
11 |
Copper |
Cu |
63.5 |
2+ |
31.8 |
|
12 |
Hydrogen |
H |
1.0 |
1+ |
1.0 |
|
13 |
Oxygen |
O |
16.0 |
2- |
8.0 |
* |
14 |
Carbon |
C- |
12.0 |
4- |
3.0 |
* |
16 |
Cobalt |
Co |
60 |
3 |
20.0 |
|
17 |
Chromium |
Cr |
58 |
|
|
X |
18 |
Iodine |
I |
53 |
1- |
53.0 |
* |
19 |
Molybdenum |
Mo |
42 |
|
|
|
20 |
Selenium |
Se |
79 |
2- |
39.0 |
# |
21 |
Clay
(montmorillonite) |
|
|
1- |
|
* |
22 |
Organic matter (humid substance) |
|
|
|
|
* |
|
Productive
factor |
7 |
|
|
|
1-1:3+ |
|
Desertification
causing factors |
15 |
|
|
|
3+:1-1 |
Table
3: Conservative
assessment of yield enhancement by alive, smart and enthusiastic (racy) nature
agriculture practice components and their justification.
S. No |
Racy nature agriculture practice component |
Increase, % |
Aspects of optimizations |
1 |
Aerobically
decomposed manure, (NADEP) application |
15 |
The one fourth of
nutrient n should be supplemented by organic manures. |
2 |
Ploughing |
5 |
Ploughing creates
aeration that convenes aerobic decomposition |
3 |
Formation of raised
bed and furrow system |
10 |
It increases soil
depth to store larger volume of moisture and air in the root zone. |
4 |
Application of activated charcoal for bio remediation |
Improved quality |
Heavy metals such
as iron, zinc, manganese, and copper and chlorinated organics get absorbed by
the activated charcoal. |
5 |
Precision sowing |
5 |
The precision
sowing enable harness yields from entire space of the field under crop. |
6 |
Maintenance of
optimum plant density |
10 |
Optimum plant
density will bring vertical growth and yield. |
7 |
Establishing zero
weeding pulse based ecology |
5 |
It will save
nutrient and moisture removed by weeds |
8 |
Ultimate green irrigation |
10 |
Sprinkler
irrigation produces green water and
saves irrigation water volume. |
9 |
Weeding |
- |
No weeding will
mean toil free agriculture. |
10 |
Inter culture |
10 |
It will enhance
aeration during the crop growth in the field. |
11 |
Subsequent cropping
system |
5 |
Post harvest cultivation will reduce at
least 10% of total yearly GHGs emission. |
12 |
Infrastructure for
crop drying |
To be assessed |
An innovative pyramid roof top building
developed to create built space for protection from aberrant weather and crop
drying. |
13 |
Composite
enhancement additive index |
75 |
Combined additive effect of all factors
enumerated above. |
|
Multiplicative
index |
2.047 |
Combined
multiplicative effect of above all factors |
|
Average |
1.8985 |
(1.75
2.047)/2= 1.8985 |
Table
4: Sequential field operations for wheat crop production under farmers’
field study.
S.No |
Date |
Activity |
Effect |
Remark |
1 |
June 2017 |
Previous crop wheat harvested
in April |
Normal paddy
cultivation due |
Eco zero established
field |
2 |
-July, 2017 |
FYM in June before transplanting of paddy |
Good crop of paddy |
Cropping under rice
wheat cultivation |
3 |
November2017 |
Harvest of paddy |
Field getting free
from paddy and ready for wheat cropping |
Ready to be sown as
usual |
4 |
Rotavator tilling |
Initial field
preparation |
- |
Common cultivation
practice |
5 |
Last week Nov 2017 |
Pre sowing
irrigation |
Pre sowing
irrigation |
Common NPK
application |
6 |
Dec,2017 |
Field prepared for
sowing |
Crop sowing by broad
casting |
Improved practice of
seed soaking |
7 |
20-12-2017 |
Wheat seed P
treatment |
Germination ,
emergence and crop stand establishment |
Wheat crop sown but
even covering done on third day of soaked sown / broadcasted |
8 |
,, |
Wheat variety PBW
-343, seed rate 100kg/ha |
Crop growing as
usual |
Germination was seen
in field |
9 |
7-2- 2018 |
1st
irrigation |
By flat bed flooding |
1 st irrigation |
10 |
|
Top dressing of urea |
|
|
11 |
15-2-2018 |
Photograph of crop
in field |
Exemplary crop stand
and growth |
Photographs plate 1 Plates 2 |
12 |
12-3-2018 |
Second irrigation at
year head |
Flat bed flooding |
Photograph plate 3 |
13 |
13/14-3-2018 |
Top dressing of urea |
|
Crop growth
progressing |
14 |
4-4-2018 |
Crop nearing
maturity and harvest |
|
Photograph Plate 4 |
15 |
14-4-2018 |
Crop harvest |
Sampling |
Good enhanced yield |
Table
5: Limitations
and problems associated with different seedbed/ planting bed formations for
enhancing productivity.
S.No |
Limitations |
Different bed formation practices |
|||
T1-FL |
T2-RF |
T3-PRBF |
T4-NRBF |
||
1 |
No availability
of bed forming machinery |
No need |
Available |
Not available |
Means devised |
2 |
Uncertainty of
size and ratio of bed to furrow |
Do |
Do |
Carry out |
Fixed 1.8m |
3 |
Beds getting
compacted |
As usual |
Not applicable |
Severe problem |
Ameliorated |
4 |
Intense problem
of weed |
Severe |
severe |
Severe |
Innovative
Eco-zero weeding |
5 |
Slumping of
raised beds leading to loss of crop line |
No situation |
Reshaped by
earthlings |
Severe problem |
Not foreseen |
6 |
Maintenance of
uniform moisture when irrigated by furrow irrigation |
Irrigation
method |
No situation
arise |
Problem with
irrigation water |
Super micro
irrigation developed |
7 |
Building
different zones of moisture and nutrient fostering crop diversification |
Not possible |
Ridge and furrow |
Problem
existed |
New
opportunity created |
Table
6:
Operational details of wheat crop with super micro irrigation under experiment.
S.No |
Nomenclature |
Unit |
Size |
% net with |
Remark |
|
1 |
With of raised beds |
m |
1.8 m with 15cm half furrow |
Raised bed |
Furrow |
Saving irrigation water |
2 |
No of such segments/100m
width of field |
No |
55.56 |
1.65 |
.15 |
|
3 |
Total equivalent widths under beds as well as
furrows/100 m width. |
m |
55.56 |
91.674 |
8.334 |
|
4 |
Length of raised be parcel for furrow irrigation |
m |
18 * |
18 |
18 |
|
5 |
No of such long land parcels/100m long field |
No |
5.5556 |
5 sets and sixth set of 10m |
5 sets and sixth set of 10m, |
|
6 |
Area under raised beds and furrows |
ha |
1 |
.91674 |
.08334 |
|
7 |
Saving in irrigation with furrow over flood
irrigating 33 mm as flooded and 200% over flooded furrow section |
ha.m |
1 |
.033 |
|
|
8 |
Water per overhead irrigation.033x8=0.264ha.m |
ha.m |
|
0.264 |
.264 |
|
9 |
Total irrigation for wheat 33x8=.165 as over head and two furrow irrigation
0.18x.0833=.015 ha m water required for furrow irrigation=.0015hm |
ha m |
.264 |
.264 |
.015 |
|
10 |
Total irrigation by super micro irrigation with two
furrow irrigation |
|
.279 |
|
|
|
11 |
Flood irrig. flat land 4 no 10 cm each .279/.4=.699% |
ha m |
.4 |
|
.279 |
30% |
Table
7: Effect of
humification by tankage on enhancement of Nitrogen (N) and Phosphorus (P).
S.No |
Item |
Content |
Tankage |
|
Biological Nitrogen, % |
||
1 |
Fish |
4-6.5 |
6.5-10 |
2 |
Meal meat |
10-11 |
|
3 |
Poultry manure |
2.5 |
10 |
4 |
Guano Bird
dropping feeding or aquatic fish |
|
10 |
|
Biological Phosphorus, % |
||
6 |
Fish (acid) |
3-6 |
4-8 |
7 |
Poultry |
0.65 |
3-13 |
9 |
Guano |
|
10 |
Table
8: Wheat
yield scenario at site of the experimental study reported in the present
research.
S.NO |
Ground condition |
Characteristics |
Yield, q/ha |
Main driving factor |
Eradication of hunger |
Sce I |
No sowing |
Water logged
and saline |
0 |
Discouragement |
|
Sce II |
Sowing |
No innovation
adoption |
10 |
Forced by food
need |
|
Sce III |
Sowing and
inadequate fertility |
Adoption of
ongoing practices |
20 |
Forced by
increasing family need |
|
Sce IV |
Sowing with RNPK |
Sowing
recommended package of NPK |
33 |
Adoption of
recommended nutrient |
|
SceV |
RNPK+CECN,S |
Early adoption of package of CEC practices |
100 |
RNPK and CEC |
|
Sce VI |
N-RBF +NPK+
CEC |
RBF + Package
of CEC practice |
110 |
Nutrient and
CEC +NRBF |
|
Sce VII |
N-RBF +NPK+
CEC |
All package of
N-RBF and associating innovations |
140 |
Meticulous adoption of Package of all
practices |
|
Sce VIII |
N-RBF +NPK+
CEC + Opportunity cropping |
ScVII +
Opportunity Cropping |
172 |
Innovative practice N cycle management |
Table
9: CEC
elements, transformed practices and proportionate contribution to yield
enhancement.
S.NO |
CEC
Element |
Nomenclature |
Building
Practice |
Coefficient
of increase |
Remark |
1 |
N |
Nitrogen |
N Cycle mgmt |
0.5 |
The
proportional factors reveal importance of elements and prospecting innovation
accomplishment
|
2 |
S |
Sulphur |
S Cycle Mgmt, NADEP |
0.1 |
|
3 |
O |
Oxygen |
RBF |
0.15 |
|
4 |
C |
Carbon |
Compost |
0.15 |
|
5 |
I |
Iodine |
Fishery tank
irrig. water |
0.05 |
|
6 |
C1 |
Clay content |
Soil Content |
0.05 |
|
7 |
Humic |
Humification |
Tankaged |
Induces
sustainability |
|
7 |
Total |
|
|
1.00 |
Table 10: List of components of sustainable development for UN
Summit 21. TstTa
Issue |
Emblem |
Feature supported by
RBF-NANO |
Possible coverage |
No poverty |
|
Poverty
can be eradicated by afesaible and
adoptable system of food production |
* |
Zero hunger |
|
The
N-RBF will produce every one in system for developinh zero hunger |
* |
Good Health and well being |
|
Biodiversity
and their higher productivity will
enabale sufficient food commodities that will result in required feature |
* |
Quality education |
|
After primary need of food gets satisfied,
it will prompt people acquire quality education |
+ |
Gender equality |
|
Food
sufficiency will become fostering factor for bringing gender equality |
* |
Clean water and sanitation |
|
Earlier
emphasis remaine on creating such facilities, but now it is oriented towards
improvement in quality of service and treatment of solid and liquid wastes
wastes. |
+ |
Afforddable and clean energy |
|
The
N-RBF is formable by affordable energy that will foster clean energy |
* |
Decent work and economic growth |
|
N-RBF
involves nature based processes that induce
high productivity and economic growth |
* |
Industry
innovation and infrastructures |
|
High
prodicivity of the new food production system will induce innovation and
infrasture building |
* |
Reduced
inequalities |
|
Enabling
increase in idvidual income will improve eeqality and reduce inequality |
* |
Sustainable
cities and communities |
|
Such
developments will follow after fulfilment of basic food needs at individual
level |
+ |
Responsive
consumption and production |
|
The
NRBF developed on ecosystem consideration willb highly responsive in
consumption and production |
* |
Climate
action |
|
The
N-RBF is proven to have inducrance and resilience to climate change |
* |
Life
below water |
|
There
exist plentiful technology for non dispensible water user fishery and
shimp. Tankaged water use for irrigation is a componenet in NRBF. |
+ |
Life
on earth |
|
N-RBF will foster almost all flora and fauna on
surface |
* |
Peace
justice and strong institutions |
|
There
are institutions, but need lot of polcy reformations for justice. |
+ |
Partnership
for the goal |
|
This
aspect is already recognised, it needs some refinements and rectification |
* |
Total
aspect coverage |
|
Total
17 Highly
fostering *=12 Supporting
+=5 |
17,
*!2, +5 71% 29% |
ble
Innovation partnership for sharing prosperity for sustainable
development goal of UN 2030
Innovations are created to enhance out puts with
respect to given inputs. In agriculture for food and nutrition there occur lot
of factors which contribute its output. Previous accomplishments summarized in
presents various innovations which bring tremendous magnification of prosperity
(Figure 4). An ideal representation of aspects by convergence, its interactive
magnification and its divergence for catering need of large no of
beneficiaries. In this situation, well known principle of Paritosh law (20:80)
will be useful tool in delegation of work responsibility for fostering both
convergence as well as divergence in respect of innovation as well as sharing
prosperity in UN sustainable development (Table 9). It needs to be emphasized
that work can be delegated, but entire responsibility remains with different
sectional heads. This is the basic principle of building effective, efficient
and ideal organizational setup. Thus, these guidelines will enable quick
capture of SDG.
UN sustainable development and applicability of n-RBF for
fulfilling various strategies
The study presented nano technology of raised beds and furrow (N-RBF) as best option among already introduced measures for accomplishing SDG of UN Mission. There had been some limitations making the measures not get adopted. The N-RBF got substantively proven as best measure to improve soil and land productivity to many folds. The N-RBF builds tremendous enhancement in yield of wheat as food crop for eliminating hunger and becoming good quality nutrition for improving nutrition sufficiency. The food and nutrition are important strategies of Sustainable development goal. How the enhancement in yield is going to supplement different strategies are elaborated in (Table 10). This research brings the UN food mission to proceed and accomplish desired sustainable development goal. Make it clear that out of total 17 strategies almost 12 strategies get strongly fulfilled making almost 71 % and supporting the remaining 29% of the SDG. Therefore, it deserves high merit in complacent launching project on N –RBF in highly modest way [29].
The study established that practice of raised bed
and furrow had long history in its genesis, development, utility and efficient
as well as limitations that render it not becoming sustainable practice.
Ability of the RBF in enhancing yield to cater need of growing populations
developed countries viz Australia and United States of America and
International organization launched operational demonstration project in South
East Asian countries for enhancing cereals and bring crop diversifications.
There too the RBF brought enhancement in yield and saving in irrigation water
but due to some inherent problems with the RBF rendered it not get adopted and
such promising development could not get adopted. Scanty researches with
research institutions remained busy only on improving utility and efficiency of
RBF. However, the limitations remained un surmounted impeding barrier in
adoption. The earlier researches on raised beds and furrows established
increase in yield and saving in irrigation water and crop diversification. This
research sufficiently established the achievable such benefits by physical
facts. Further, fortification of the seven CEC factors were demonstrated in
form of practices on the basis of different cycles of plant nutrients.
Different examples of research results have been set in the study. Therefore,
this research sufficiently is justified for any innovative research [30]. This
study brought new direction on innovative justifications for bringing as NRBF
as renaissance of the past practice. New aspect was enforcement of CEC as basis
for innovations for creating innovations. The CECs get manageably synthesized
and fostered hence given N_RBF meaning nano tech supported RBF All limitations
got removed and the practice N-RBF made plausibly adopted. The innovations are
enhancing the CEC factors viz N,S,O,C, Cl, I and humification, which get to
revamp the N-RBF. Other innovations viz sorptivity, eco-zero weeding super
micro irrigation to overcome weed problem, elimination of compaction were
applied. In addition to the soil CEC factors there are also highly important
and influential factors brought as nanotech to become supporting component as
integrated practice as new innovation. These are sorptivity, eco-zero weeding,
super micro irrigation and N cycle management based cropping pattern. The size
of the RBF is fixed to be formed by general purpose tractor with track width of
1.8m. Field experiments on sorptivity, N fixation, P solubilization and
irrigation effectively established efficiency of these factors which bring
confidence in researcher and user of the N-RBF. The results on enhanced crop
harvest in comparison to different scenarios that could exit different fields
built CEC confirming scenario produced results depicting yield enhancement and
scope of elevating efficiency of CEC factors. The factor sorptivity showed that
delay in sowing can get compensated by one week, and seed no filling got
compensated to normal date sown crop [31]. Thus, these researches showed very
high possibility of enhancing crop yield and building compensating measures.
His study developed a Nano technology by converging all aspects of CEC
elemental involvement for enhancing productivity of soil to surpass limitations
in past, which made its no adoption by the users. The scientific issue
involvement and sufficient experimentation make the N-RBF highly effective and
adoptable. Further, ratification of the research in support of results and
derivation of conclusions are presented in the following. Soil masses
constitute anions and cations. The cations attract anions to form plant
nutrition compounds ready to be absorbed by root hairs and produce growth and
yields. The elements and involvement of their ions form nano particle and
development of practice by convergence of all CEC elements and converted in
form of N-RBF is true and strong nano technology practice. The cations are N,
S, O, C, I, clay and humification, only seven cations chartering enhancement of
productivity of soil against 15 anions. Thus, this study established complete
coverage of possible enhancement in productivity of soil although cation
exchange capacity maneuvers. Thus, this research is sufficiently strengthened
to serve as nano technology with full justification. Further, research will
inspire researchers to conduct on soil productivity to create general awareness
and confidence leading to its adoption. Earlier researches right from genesis
of RBF, getting transformed to permanent raised bed and furrow (PRBF) had been
conducting on efficacy and enhancement in productivity for almost seven decades
on field experiments and publishing their researches, writing books for
popularization of the RBF or PRBF and getting name and fame, as well as
creating base for young researchers understanding prospects of soil
productivity [32]. However the researches could not get widely adopted and all
scientific efforts appeared leaving ground [33-35]. Researches in recent
decades also continued the same, without any additional scientific vision, but
extending application of RBF for crop diversification. Some researches had
moved to laser leveling in lieu of the RBF or even laser leveling of raised
beds and ariving to same conclusion of irrigation water saving and enhancement
in productivity as well as crop diversification. The laser leveling sounds high
brings increase in uniformity of application water, which accomplished moisture
supply or to some extent humification, which are only one or two aspects of CEC
factors. Thus, Laser land leveling is not a measure to enhance CEC in
completeness; hence it cannot be regarded as better than the N-RBF. Thus, it is
sufficiently established that the RBF or even PRBF are effective practices of
soil productivities, as established by the past researches. At the same time it
also got established that the science of RBF did not perceive utility of CEC,
which is nano base in enhancing soil productivity. This present study did bring
new innovations on utility of CEC and full justification to get N-RBF adopted
as Nano Tech practice. The associating advancing researches were arrived with
theory and field experimental research proven facts. Thus, the present study
took the soil science to new acme, proving superior to laser leveling and
bringing still better results on productivity and saving of irrigation water.
The present research presented an integrated scenario covering different
aspects of nano technology. Such integrated attempt showed that benefits can be
harnessed proportional to coverage of CEC factors. It also enabled isolation of
weak practice at any site, which can be optimized to produce desired level of
output. This proves to be highly desirable scientific approach. The study
enable establish relative importance of six seven CEC factor in enhancing crop
yield. These factors have been getting supplemented in or other ways, which
might not be sufficient. The present study make CEC and their effective role
clear and the components which can be revamped by innovative practice to bring
high yield, nutrition content, and sustainability under changing climate. As
established in result section of the study it includes plentiful innovations
made on different nutrient building CEC factors. The most comprehensive and
advanced is N cycle management practices bring many fold enhancement in yield
and elimination of drudgery in agriculture. and Research on S is again
important advancement. The N-RBF deals with O2 that implicates suitability and
resilience under the changing climate bringing sufficiency of food and
nutrition. Research emphasis on C, Clay and humifications are highly convincing
results opening scope of nutrient management in agriculture [36-38]. Thus, the
present research makes refinements in the basic approach and understanding
management of nutrient in soil-water plant relation implicating agriculture and
food. The innovative N-RBF is a practice different from existing known or
ongoing practices in world over agriculture. This innovative research emerged
after attention for solving variety of problems and non adoption by the users.
The N RBF is armed with different innovations to be successful and productive
under all situations. Analysis established that N-RBF is enabled to directly
bring sustainable development by 71 % and in remaining 29 % cases it brings
good support for the mission. Thus, N-RBF is a single button to create sun
light on sustainable development goal of U.N. Mission. There had been different
approaches on fulfilling the set objectives, but not in perfection [39-55].
This research becomes a path setter for the mission The U.N Mission Official
document indicated that there were abundance of examples from communities,
farmers’ organizations, companies, indigenous leaders and individuals already
charting the course toward positive change expected from the team. There had
been Global partnerships and leaders from all areas stepping up to support the
transformation of food systems harness the best ideas and practices from around
the world to help lead the way. In this stride N-RBF is ready perfect answer
facilitating accomplishment of sustainable development goal.
The present study led to following meaningful
conclusions of esteem values Study made review to substantiate the practice on
RBF and PRBF (which is the main subject of the study), had proven effective in
enhancing crop yields and water use efficiency with saving in irrigation water.
Past researches provided tremendous opportunities for learning and
understanding innovative method of raised bed and furrow (RBF/PRBF) right from
genesis to its existence. As at present. II Past practice proved effective, but
there occurred some limitations which led to no adoption by users and
agriculture practiceners. The main limitation was non availability of RBF
forming implements. Many researchers attempted on finding suitable sizes of
RBF, particularly width of raised beds. III In the present study a new strategy
of improving the CEC factors and their other supporting measures were adopted.
A N- RBF was devised for its dimension and formable by general purpose tractor
having track width of 1.8m. Field experimental results revealed prosperous
growth and yield in contrast with yields from different CEC scenarios. This
study established relative importance of CEC factors that contribute to
increase yield. Nitrogen is the most prominent factor which could be researched
to develop innovative cropping patterns to enhance yield by many folds. The CEC
factors S and I enhance yield and nutritional quality of food crop commodity.
Thus, N-RBF a nano technology will get fast adopted to produce tremendous
quantity of Food with nutrient content. The N- RBF is highly suitable
innovative technology to be adopted as directly contributing almost 71 % and
supporting remaining 29 % of issues of SDG of the United Nations. This CEC based
innovations are highly indigenously manageable and applicable in word
agriculture as soil is basic resource that supports development of sustainable
agriculture.
The
author duly acknowledges support of cited reference in preparation of the
manuscript.
It is declared that there existed no
conflict of any kind or any interest, what so ever may be.