MRIDA (Managing resources for integrated development of agriculture) App
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FEFTS Specifications
Training material
for Soil carbon sequestration
Special practice
Soil and water conservation techniques
Agricultural domain
Open-field agriculture, Greenhouses
Suitable for
Farmer
Applications
Agricultural field practices
Especially
Irrigation
Type of solution
Methodology
Details
Developing organization: International Crops Research Institute for the Semi-Arid Tropics
Location: Global
Material type: Serious game
Additional info
While groundwater is a part of an aquifer system and is a shared resource, households accessing groundwater for irrigation, drinking and cooking tend to believe it as a private resource. As a result, groundwater levels in many areas of India are falling, particularly in hard rock aquifers.
This game is played with a group of other invited players. It will put you and them in the position of a farmer who has to decide in the dry season on the crop to grow.
The choice of crop becomes tricky as the group is facing limitations in its water availability. The game will be played over multiple rounds. It ends either after maximum rounds or when there are no more irrigations available. How long you can play and generate income by growing crops depends on your game decisions and the decisions of other players.
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Assessment
This section contains a brief assessment of the FEFTS described.
There are 3 basic categories: General, Environmental and Socioeconomic assessment.
The purpose of this assessment is to give a quick overview to the potential FEFTS user of its application benefits.
For each question, the Likert scale is used with the following possible answers:
Strongly disagree, Disagree, Neither agree nor disagree (Neutral)/non applicable, Agree, Strongly agree
General
This FEFTS contributes to improve the energy profiles of farming systems:Environmental
The application of this FEFTS indirectly reduces fossil energy use, in terms of:- Tillage reduction
- Fertilizer reduction
- Lime reduction
Socioeconomic
The application of this FEFTS contributes to cost reductions of farming systems:Keep in mind that this assessment is subjective, based on publicly available information.
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