AWD-Climate Smart Practice in Rice Cultivation

Tracex29 Dec, 2022Other

Do you know that rice cultivation is water-intensive and is dependent on heavy rainfall and a significant source for methane emissions accounting for 9-11 % of GHG emissions in agriculture? Alternate Wetting and Drying Irrigation practice in Rice (AWD) is a water management practice that reduces water use and limits the GHG emissions in irrigated rice fields. Rice farmers not only derive the benefits of water savings but can also enter the Carbon offsets market.