Rao, K P C and Rao, Y M and Chopde, V K and Kumara Charyulu, D (2006) How Farmers Struggle to Survive in the SAT ? Documentation. International Crops Research Institute for the Semi Arid Tropics , Patancheru, Hyderabad, Andhra Pradesh.
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The Semi-Arid Tropics (SAT) account for 37% of the area and 37% of the population of India. They have a share of 46% of the gross cultivated area of the country but only 32% of the gross irrigated area. The mean normal rainfall in these regions is 965 mm as against the country’s average of 1212 mm. As per the National Sample Survey for 1999-2000, monthly per capita expenditure in the Indian SAT is the lowest (Rs 472) and their poverty head count (24.3%) the highest among the different agroclimatic regions of the country. Low and variable rainfall, moderate population density, inadequate irrigation cover and
| Item Type: | Monograph (Documentation) |
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| Series Name: | Policy Brief No. 10 |
| Subjects: | Others > Agriculture-Farming, Production, Technology, Economics |
| Depositing User: | Mr Charan Sai Ch |
| Date Deposited: | 06 Dec 2011 15:26 |
| Last Modified: | 21 Oct 2015 09:59 |
| URI: | http://oar.icrisat.org/id/eprint/3347 |
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