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Does India Need a Different Rice Ecosystem to Harness the Export Advantages and Manage the Virtual Water Exports?


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1 ICAR-National Institute of Agricultural Economics and Policy Research, New Delhi 110 012, India
2 Samara University, PO Box 132, Samara 7240, Ethiopia
 

The present study assessed the virtual water trade and comparative advantages in rice exports. It suggests realigning the Indian rice ecosystem based on the demand–supply gap, groundwater exploitation, productivity growth and untapped productivity potential. It also advocates the phased shifting of acreage under common (non-basmati) rice production to potential regions identified as suitable. The proposed shifting of cultivation will lead to achieving a sustainable rice ecosystem, conserving the natural resource base and reducing risk in terms of environmental and economic factors. Emerging practices such as dry direct-seeded rice, and the system of rice intensification could be effectively used for sustainable rice ecosystem in India.

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Comparative Advantage, Rice, Sustainable Cultivation, Virtual Water Exports.
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Authors

Raka Saxena
ICAR-National Institute of Agricultural Economics and Policy Research, New Delhi 110 012, India
M. S. Raman
ICAR-National Institute of Agricultural Economics and Policy Research, New Delhi 110 012, India
Shivendra K. Srivastava
ICAR-National Institute of Agricultural Economics and Policy Research, New Delhi 110 012, India
Md Arshad Khan
Samara University, PO Box 132, Samara 7240, Ethiopia
Rohit Kumar
ICAR-National Institute of Agricultural Economics and Policy Research, New Delhi 110 012, India

Abstract


The present study assessed the virtual water trade and comparative advantages in rice exports. It suggests realigning the Indian rice ecosystem based on the demand–supply gap, groundwater exploitation, productivity growth and untapped productivity potential. It also advocates the phased shifting of acreage under common (non-basmati) rice production to potential regions identified as suitable. The proposed shifting of cultivation will lead to achieving a sustainable rice ecosystem, conserving the natural resource base and reducing risk in terms of environmental and economic factors. Emerging practices such as dry direct-seeded rice, and the system of rice intensification could be effectively used for sustainable rice ecosystem in India.

Keywords


Comparative Advantage, Rice, Sustainable Cultivation, Virtual Water Exports.

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DOI: https://doi.org/10.18520/cs%2Fv124%2Fi4%2F407-413