"10837","12","archive","1305",,,"disk0/00/01/08/37","2018-08-21 08:04:40","2018-08-21 08:04:40","2018-08-21 08:04:40","monograph",,,"show",,,,"","","","","","","","","","",,,,"Bhati","K T","","","","","","","Bhati","K T","","","","",,,,,"","",,,,,"","","ICRISAT (Patancheru)","India","Assessment of Agricultural Technologies for Dryland Systems in South Asia: A Case Study of Western Rajasthan, India","pub","S21","CRPS5","crp1.1","public","research_report",,"Western Rajasthan, Arid zone, Livestock, dryland production systems, Case Study, Improved technologies, livestock husbandry, agroforestry, biophysical system, dryland production systems",,"We gratefully acknowledge the financial support from the CGIAR Research Program - Dryland Systems
and thank Dr Suhas Wani, for his comments on an earlier draft of this report. We sincerely acknowledge
the farmers, stakeholders, scientists from CAZRI and partners who participated in the PRA exercise, focus
group discussions and workshops held at the action sites and CAZRI, Jodhpur, for their valuable inputs in
shaping this document. The support received from GRAVIS, field staff,Ms Surbhi Jagrat,Mr Mahendra Vyas
and Mr Soumitra Pramanik is acknowledged.","Western Rajasthan accounts for 61% of the total hot arid zone in India (31.7 m ha). The rest of the arid
area is spread over Gujarat (20%), Punjab and Haryana (9%), as well as small parts of Andhra Pradesh and
Karnataka (10%). The arid region receives <450 mm annual rainfall with 40-80% coefficient of variation.
With evapotranspiration (ET) four to five-fold higher than rainfall, aridity, deficit water balance, and
scarcity of water for drinking and other purposes are often severe. Natural resources such as water, land
and vegetation are very fragile and partly non-resilient, and hence the area is prone to irreversible land
degradation and desertification under excessive pressure from human and livestock populations. Arable
cropping alone is not a dependable proposition in these drylands. Animal wealth provides sustainable
support to livelihoods, but the sector is not yet well organized. Only one crop can be grown during a good
rainfall year, and on average, a year of good harvest is normal during a cycle of five years, while two are
expected to yield moderate crops and at least two failures are usual. The arid region offers limited scope
for water harvesting and recycling, particularly at a watershed scale. There is better scope for integrated
land resource development on the basis of village clusters, index catchments and dune-interdune complex.","2017","published",,,,,"ICRISAT","Patancheru, Hyderabad",,"68",,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,"",,"","",,"","",,,,,,"",,,,,,,"",,,,,"",,,,,"","",,,,,"","",,,,,
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