A Systems Analysis of Sustainability Impacts of Agricultural Policies in India
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Earth s Future - 2024 - Maji - A Systems Analysis of Sustainability Impacts of Agricultural Policies in India.pdf
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Author(s)
Maji, P
Selin, NE
Date Issued
January 29, 2024
Journal
Earth's Future
Publisher
American Geophysical Union
Citation
Maji, P., & Selin, N. E. (2024). A systems analysis of sustainability impacts of agricultural policies in India. Earth's Future, 12, e2023EF003667.
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Final published version
Abstract
We apply a systems framework for analyzing the overall sustainability impacts of interventions to a case of the rice‐wheat cropping system of Punjab (India), where agricultural practices lead to air pollution‐related health impacts, over‐exploitation of groundwater, over‐use of fertilizers and reduced local crop diversity. We use this case to quantify how varying degrees of change in interventions result in sustainability impacts using an inclusive wealth‐based approach. We show that either improving the existing cropping system or inducing fundamental changes in the cropping system, can lead to substantial and wide‐ranging sustainability benefits. We also show that interventions that improve human health show the largest quantitative benefit due to the assumed high marginal value of human life. Accurate localized estimates of marginal values of stocks are needed for estimating overall sustainability impacts.
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Massachusetts Institute of Technology. Institute for Data, Systems, and Society
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DOI of Published Version
10.1029/2023ef003667
