The socioeconomic impact of using direct seeding mulch-based cropping (DMC) instead of traditional agricultural methods includes reduced labor and equipment costs. This is because DMC involves fewer cultivation operations, which reduces the need for manual labor or expensive machinery. Additionally, since DMC reduces soil erosion and plant diseases, farmers can save money on costly pesticides and other inputs needed to maintain their crops. While sequestering carbon in the soils is an environmental benefit associated with DMC, it does not directly affect socioeconomic factors like cost savings or labor requirements. Similarly, while less runoff with fertilizers may be an environmental benefit of DMC that could improve crop yields over time, it also does not have a significant impact on socioeconomic factors compared to reduced costs and improved efficiency from adopting this method.