Overcoming Poverty through Dryland Agriculture:A Strategy for India

Bantilan, M C S and Rao, K P C and Singh, K and Rao, P P and Shiferaw, B and Padmaja, R (1989) Overcoming Poverty through Dryland Agriculture:A Strategy for India. Documentation. International Crops Research Institute for the Semi-Arid Tropics, Patancheru, Hyderabad, Andhra Pradesh.

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The ‘New Deal’ to rural India is aligned with a ‘pro-poor people centred ‘ perspective for development. It underlines growth based on efficiency and equity and stimulates the agricultural economy to boost incomes, demand and growth across the vast rural heartland, home to 72% of India’s population. Increased intensification of agriculture through intensive use of irrigation, fertilizers, pesticides and high-yielding varieties in more-favored high-potential zones was the major driving force behind the Green.............

Item Type: Monograph (Documentation)
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Series Name: Policy Brief No. 6
Subjects: Others > Agriculture-Farming, Production, Technology, Economics
Depositing User: Library ICRISAT
Date Deposited: 07 Dec 2011 03:54
Last Modified: 17 Mar 2014 07:39
URI: http://oar.icrisat.org/id/eprint/4164
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