Unlocking the Potential of Rainfed Agriculture Through Integrated Watershed Management

Wani, S P and Ramakrishna, A and Sreedevi, T K (2004) Unlocking the Potential of Rainfed Agriculture Through Integrated Watershed Management. Financing Agriculture, 36 (2). pp. 15-20.

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Abstract

Rainfed systems!! globally account for 58 per cent of the world food production (Rosegrant et al., 2002) and accounts for about twothirds of total cropped area and generate nearly half of the total value of agricultural output In India (Kerr, 1996). Because of raintall variability, accelerating land degradation, lack of appropriate technologies, and limited economic investments, the productivity of rainted systems has been quite low. Hence, the relative share and severity of poverty is often higher in rainted regions (Ryan and Spencer, 2001). Addressing the problems of natural resource degradation............

Item Type:	Article
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Subjects:	Others > Watershed Management Others > Agriculture-Farming, Production, Technology, Economics
Depositing User:	Mr Sanat Kumar Behera
Date Deposited:	19 Mar 2012 05:15
Last Modified:	19 Mar 2012 05:15
URI:	http://oar.icrisat.org/id/eprint/5754
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