New research unveils how innovative farming combining zero-tillage maize, zero-tillage wheat, and zero-tillage mungbean, all irrigated with subsurface drip irrigation, can dramatically cut emissions, save water, and increase farmer profits in North-western India.

It was in the 1970s that the term ‘climate change’ was coined. Agriculture is one sector that both contributes to and affected by climate change, and research around the world is now advancing towards ‘climate-smart’ agriculture. Carbon or carbon dioxide is one of the culprits for the rising temperature across the globe. Agricultural operations such as tillage, fertilization, irrigation, crop protection and so on are responsible for release of CO2 and other greenhouse gases from agricultural landscape to atmosphere.