The agricultural sector accounts for approximately 14% of India’s total greenhouse gas emissions, with 17.5% contributed by rice-based agricultural systems. Mitigation efforts have therefore prioritized two major themes: reducing the area under water-intensive paddy cultivation and lowering dependency on diesel…

As climate change advances, India’s rice-and-wheat-heavy agricultural sector is at risk of weakened production because of temperature changes and more frequent extreme weather events, like droughts. In an effort to make Indian agriculture more climate-resilient, the Tata-Cornell Institute for Agriculture…

Rice is a cornerstone of Indian diets, where policies linked to the Green Revolution have helped it and wheat achieve dominance in cropping systems. But methane emissions from rice cultivation play a significant role in exacerbating climate change, and it…