?url_ver=Z39.88-2004&rft_val_fmt=info%3Aofi%2Ffmt%3Akev%3Amtx%3Adc&rft.relation=http%3A%2F%2Foar.icrisat.org%2F10339%2F&rft.title=Doubling+Farmers%E2%80%99+Income%3A+KISAN%E2%80%93MITrA%2C+Proceedings+of+National+Workshop+on+Doubling+Farmers%E2%80%99+Income+through+Scalingup%3A+KISAN%E2%80%93MITrA+(Knowledge-based+Integrated+Sustainable+Agriculture+Network+%E2%80%93+Mission+India+for%0D%0ATransforming+Agriculture)&rft.creator=Wani%2C+S+P&rft.creator=Jakkula%2C+V+S&rft.creator=Singh%2C+D&rft.subject=Food+Production&rft.subject=Smallholder+Farmers&rft.subject=Millets&rft.subject=Semi-Arid+Tropics&rft.subject=Sustainable+Agriculture&rft.subject=Smallholder+Agriculture&rft.subject=Drylands+Agriculture&rft.subject=Watershed+Management&rft.subject=Agriculture-Farming%2C+Production%2C+Technology%2C+Economics&rft.subject=Climate+Change&rft.subject=Food+Security&rft.subject=Indian+Agriculture&rft.subject=India&rft.subject=Agricultural+Economics&rft.description=India+holds+142+million+hectares+of+arable+land+in+137+million+farm+households+and+has+46+of+the+60+soil%0D%0Atypes+in+the+world+with+15+agro+climatic+zones+varying+from+arid+to+humid+tropics%2C+hot+arid+deserts+to%0D%0Acold+deserts+with+varying+annual+rainfall+11%2C873+mm+at+Mawsynram%2C+Meghalaya+to+166+mm+at+Jaisalmer%2C%0D%0ARajasthan.+It+is+the+largest+producer+of+spices%2C+pulses%2C+milk%2C+tea%2C+cashew+and+jute%3B+and+the+second+largest%0D%0Aproducer+of+wheat%2C+rice%2C+fruits+and+vegetables%2C+sugarcane%2C+cotton+and+oilseeds.%0D%0AInspite+of+these+remarkable+figures%2C+agriculture+contributes+to+only+17%25+to+the+national+gross+domestic%0D%0Aproduct+value+by+56+per+cent+of+population+engaged+in+farming.+The+stagnated+growth+rate+of+3.1+%25+and%0D%0Afood+security+for+the+ever-growing+population+in+India+along+with+poverty+amongst+rural+population%0D%0Ahas+always+been+a+challenging+task.+In+order+to+tackle+this+situation%2C+a+total+of+60+selected+participants%0D%0Arepresenting+Department+of+Agriculture%2C+Government+of+India%2C+national+research+institutions%2C+state%0D%0Aagricultural+universities%2C+corporates%2C+international+research+centres+and+NGO+groups+brainstormed+on+the%0D%0Atopic+of+doubling+farmers%E2%80%99+income+by+the+year+2022+as+envisioned+by+Hon.+Prime+Minister+of+India+Shri%0D%0ANarendra+Modi...&rft.publisher=ICRISAT&rft.date=2017&rft.type=Monograph&rft.type=NonPeerReviewed&rft.format=application%2Fpdf&rft.language=en&rft.identifier=http%3A%2F%2Foar.icrisat.org%2F10339%2F1%2FKisan%2520Mitra.pdf&rft.identifier=++Wani%2C+S+P+and+Jakkula%2C+V+S+and+Singh%2C+D++(2017)+Doubling+Farmers%E2%80%99+Income%3A+KISAN%E2%80%93MITrA%2C+Proceedings+of+National+Workshop+on+Doubling+Farmers%E2%80%99+Income+through+Scalingup%3A+KISAN%E2%80%93MITrA+(Knowledge-based+Integrated+Sustainable+Agriculture+Network+%E2%80%93+Mission+India+for+Transforming+Agriculture).++Monograph.+ICRISAT%2C+Patancheru%2C+Hyderabad.+++++