Suchandra Dutta

Ramakrishna Mission Vivekananda Educational and Research Institute · Agriculture and Rural Development

The Indian Sundarbans is a coastal delta and major climate hotspot located in the state of West Bengal. The delta faces significant climatic challenges. The residents mainly depend on agriculture, livestock rearing and fishing. They face challenges of poverty, marginalization and an acute struggle against geo-climatic events. The present study was...

Climate change is a world-wide event. The climate change of Indian Sundarbans reveal the changes in air temperature, surface water temperature, rainfall and monsoonal pattern, salinity regimes, cyclonic storms and depressions, sea level rise, erosion and accretion. To cope up with the adverse impact of climate change, farmers made adjustment in the...

Climate change has been recognized, globally, as the most pressing critical issue affecting, adversely, survival of the mankind in the twenty-first century. The continuous rise of the sea-level due to global warming is likely to have a devastating impact on the Sundarbans, a 'World Heritage Site', deltaic complex, albeit highly prone to extreme and...

The coastal region of India stands out as one of the most climate-vulnerable areas globally. This vulnerability arises from the frequent occurrence of high-intensity cyclones, floods, and a rapid increase in salinity intrusion. The region’s primary livelihood largely relies on agriculture and related sectors, with a predominant presence of smallhol...

The reliability of the methods used in conventional farming for determining immediately available phosphorus (P) might not be suitable for organic farming, where mineralization of labile organic pools is the prime P source for plant availability. A conventional procedure that involves P extraction downplays the significance of organic pools. This n...

The dairy sector in West Bengal is an integral aspect of the state's economy. West Bengal is home of the highest cattle population in the country and is the twelfth largest milk-producing state. Therefore, there is a huge gap between per capita availability of milk in the state in comparison with the national average. State has one of the widest ne...

The vital challenge on Earth is to achieve carbon neutrality by 2050 in response to the severity of global climate change. A primary task is to reform current production systems to reduce greenhouse gases (GHGs) emissions and to capture carbon dioxide (CO2) from the atmosphere. Our dependence on fossil fuels might be eliminated by leveraging the po...

Pastoralists of India are facing various challenges due to degraded and shrunken pastures in their native places as well as limited availability of feed and fodder resources throughout their migratory routes. Therefore, the present study was conducted in the six villages of Pali and Jodhpur district of Marwar region of Rajasthan among the 120 Raika...

Climate change-accelerated sea-level rise is the cause of devastating impact on the Sundarbans, the World Heritage Site, which is a deltaic complex and is highly prone to extreme climatic events-led disaster. The erratic rainfall pattern and unpredictable cyclones had resulted in deterioration of soil and water quality due to the inundation of salt...

Discussion on how Artificial Intelligence (AI) technology is shaping our response to addressing several challenges in Indian Agriculture.

Jute is one of the important natural fibres after cotton in terms of cultivation and usage. It is also called as ‘Golden fibre’. It is good source of livelihood and income generation for the farmers of West Bengal, where jute is cultivated in large scale by the indigenous farmers. However, its economic potential has not been tapped yet, due to inad...

This article provides a brief overview of new technologies based on artificial intelligence and the way it is currently being used by research scientists and extension professionals to address problems of agricultural production and management in India. With the advancement in Artificial Intelligence (AI) technology, farmers can monitor the well-be...

CONTEXT Research is a systematic and purposive investigation of a problem or phenomenon through scientific study. Methodology is the system of methods and rules applicable to research. In today's data-intensive society, there is a need to understand the complexity of the research environment. Agricultural Extension aims to explain social phenomena...