Watershed development as a growth engine for sustainable development of rainfed areas

Wani, S P and Rockstroma, J (2011) Watershed development as a growth engine for sustainable development of rainfed areas. In: Integrated Watershed Management in Rainfed Agriculture. CRC Press(Taylor & Francis), London, UK, pp. 35-52. ISBN 978-0-415-88277-4

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Abstract

Globally humankind is facing a great challenge of achieving food security for the ever growing population and growing per capita incomes particularly in the emerging giant economies like Brazil, Russia, India, China, and South Africa. The urgent need to decrease poverty and undernourishment while protecting the environment means delicately balancing development and sustainability resulting in increased additional pressure on the global food production system. In the foreseeable future agriculture will continue to be the backbone of economies in Africa and South Asia in spite of growing incomes and urbanization, globalization, and the declining contribution........

Item Type:	Book Section
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Subjects:	Others > Watershed Management Others > Agriculture-Farming, Production, Technology, Economics
Depositing User:	Mr Sanat Kumar Behera
Date Deposited:	02 Nov 2011 13:10
Last Modified:	03 Nov 2011 03:17
URI:	http://oar.icrisat.org/id/eprint/3566
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