Perennial rice – An alternative to the ‘one-sow, one-harvest’ rice production: Benefits, challenges, and future prospects
The traditional ‘one-sow, one-harvest’ rice cultivation method faces significant challenges, including high water and energy consumption, soil health degradation, greenhouse gas emissions, increased labor demands, and excessive pesticide use. Perennial rice, a novel no-tillage-based rice system, pre...
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| description | The traditional ‘one-sow, one-harvest’ rice cultivation method faces significant challenges, including high water and energy consumption, soil health degradation, greenhouse gas emissions, increased labor demands, and excessive pesticide use. Perennial rice, a novel no-tillage-based rice system, presents a promising solution with the potential to address many of these challenges. It offers several advantages, such as reduced production costs and labor demands by eliminating the need for repeated land preparation, nursery raising, and transplanting while also lowering environmental impact through energy conservation, soil carbon sequestration, reduced soil erosion, and decreased greenhouse gas emissions. The perennial rice system is gaining traction in China, with the area under cultivation steadily increasing since its release in 2018. Farmers are interested in adopting this system due to its lower labor demand, reduced production costs, and yields and grain quality comparable to local varieties. However, perennial rice brings its own challenges, including yield instability, inconsistency in grain quality, higher irrigation demands, increased risks of pests and diseases, soil sickness, and the lack of suitable agronomic practices, such as optimum crop geometry, weed management, nutrient application, and harvesting techniques. Additionally, it limits crop diversification, making it less suitable for regions with diversified or multiple cropping systems. Despite these limitations, perennial rice demonstrates significant potential in several rice-growing regions worldwide. To fully unlock this potential, focused efforts are needed to develop high-yielding perennial varieties with better grain quality and resistance to pests and diseases. Additionally, region-specific agronomic practices, including optimal crop geometry, effective weed control, innovative nutrient management, and improved irrigation, must be established to optimize this cropping system. |
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| spelling | doaj-art-6480aef656fa41a39eec9422c87a94132025-08-20T01:57:36ZengElsevierFarming System2949-91192025-04-013210013710.1016/j.farsys.2025.100137Perennial rice – An alternative to the ‘one-sow, one-harvest’ rice production: Benefits, challenges, and future prospectsVijayakumar Shanmugam0Vikas C. Tyagi1Gobinath Rajendran2Suvarna Rani Chimmili3Arun Kumar Swarnaraj4Mariadoss Arulanandam5Virender Kumar6Panneerselvam Peramaiyan7Varunseelan Murugaiyan8Raman Meenakshi Sundaram9ICAR-Indian Institute of Rice Research, Hyderabad, Telangana, 500 030, India; International Rice Research Institute, Los Baños, Laguna, 4031, Philippines; Corresponding author. ICAR-Indian Institute of Rice Research, Hyderabad, Telangana, 500 030, India.ICAR-Indian Grassland and Fodder Research Institute, Jhansi, UP, 284 003, IndiaICAR-Indian Institute of Rice Research, Hyderabad, Telangana, 500 030, IndiaICAR-Indian Institute of Rice Research, Hyderabad, Telangana, 500 030, IndiaICAR-Indian Institute of Rice Research, Hyderabad, Telangana, 500 030, IndiaNational Institute of Plant Health Management, Hyderabad, 500 030, IndiaInternational Rice Research Institute, Los Baños, Laguna, 4031, PhilippinesInternational Rice Research Institute, Los Baños, Laguna, 4031, PhilippinesInternational Rice Research Institute, Los Baños, Laguna, 4031, PhilippinesICAR-Indian Institute of Rice Research, Hyderabad, Telangana, 500 030, IndiaThe traditional ‘one-sow, one-harvest’ rice cultivation method faces significant challenges, including high water and energy consumption, soil health degradation, greenhouse gas emissions, increased labor demands, and excessive pesticide use. Perennial rice, a novel no-tillage-based rice system, presents a promising solution with the potential to address many of these challenges. It offers several advantages, such as reduced production costs and labor demands by eliminating the need for repeated land preparation, nursery raising, and transplanting while also lowering environmental impact through energy conservation, soil carbon sequestration, reduced soil erosion, and decreased greenhouse gas emissions. The perennial rice system is gaining traction in China, with the area under cultivation steadily increasing since its release in 2018. Farmers are interested in adopting this system due to its lower labor demand, reduced production costs, and yields and grain quality comparable to local varieties. However, perennial rice brings its own challenges, including yield instability, inconsistency in grain quality, higher irrigation demands, increased risks of pests and diseases, soil sickness, and the lack of suitable agronomic practices, such as optimum crop geometry, weed management, nutrient application, and harvesting techniques. Additionally, it limits crop diversification, making it less suitable for regions with diversified or multiple cropping systems. Despite these limitations, perennial rice demonstrates significant potential in several rice-growing regions worldwide. To fully unlock this potential, focused efforts are needed to develop high-yielding perennial varieties with better grain quality and resistance to pests and diseases. Additionally, region-specific agronomic practices, including optimal crop geometry, effective weed control, innovative nutrient management, and improved irrigation, must be established to optimize this cropping system.http://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S2949911925000012Carbon sequestrationNutrient managementPerennial riceTransplanted riceWild riceYield |
| spellingShingle | Vijayakumar Shanmugam Vikas C. Tyagi Gobinath Rajendran Suvarna Rani Chimmili Arun Kumar Swarnaraj Mariadoss Arulanandam Virender Kumar Panneerselvam Peramaiyan Varunseelan Murugaiyan Raman Meenakshi Sundaram Perennial rice – An alternative to the ‘one-sow, one-harvest’ rice production: Benefits, challenges, and future prospects Farming System Carbon sequestration Nutrient management Perennial rice Transplanted rice Wild rice Yield |
| title | Perennial rice – An alternative to the ‘one-sow, one-harvest’ rice production: Benefits, challenges, and future prospects |
| title_full | Perennial rice – An alternative to the ‘one-sow, one-harvest’ rice production: Benefits, challenges, and future prospects |
| title_fullStr | Perennial rice – An alternative to the ‘one-sow, one-harvest’ rice production: Benefits, challenges, and future prospects |
| title_full_unstemmed | Perennial rice – An alternative to the ‘one-sow, one-harvest’ rice production: Benefits, challenges, and future prospects |
| title_short | Perennial rice – An alternative to the ‘one-sow, one-harvest’ rice production: Benefits, challenges, and future prospects |
| title_sort | perennial rice an alternative to the one sow one harvest rice production benefits challenges and future prospects |
| topic | Carbon sequestration Nutrient management Perennial rice Transplanted rice Wild rice Yield |
| url | http://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S2949911925000012 |
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