<mods:mods version="3.3" xsi:schemaLocation="http://www.loc.gov/mods/v3 http://www.loc.gov/standards/mods/v3/mods-3-3.xsd" xmlns:mods="http://www.loc.gov/mods/v3" xmlns:xsi="http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema-instance"><mods:titleInfo><mods:title>Bhoochetana: Reviving Soils for Agriculture</mods:title></mods:titleInfo><mods:name type="personal"><mods:namePart type="given">G</mods:namePart><mods:namePart type="family">Chander</mods:namePart><mods:role><mods:roleTerm type="text">author</mods:roleTerm></mods:role></mods:name><mods:name type="personal"><mods:namePart type="given">S</mods:namePart><mods:namePart type="family">Dixit</mods:namePart><mods:role><mods:roleTerm type="text">author</mods:roleTerm></mods:role></mods:name><mods:name type="personal"><mods:namePart type="given">G</mods:namePart><mods:namePart type="family">Sawargaonkar</mods:namePart><mods:role><mods:roleTerm type="text">author</mods:roleTerm></mods:role></mods:name><mods:abstract>The Bhoochetana program in Karnataka, India, has been one of the initial exemplar attempts at scaling-out&#13;
best practices in reviving soils on a large scale involving thousands of farmers in the state. The stagnant&#13;
to declining growth of the agriculture sector in Karnataka between 2000 and 2008 demanded a multipronged&#13;
strategy to revive agriculture. Given the alarming situation, in 2009 the state initiated measures&#13;
to address soil health through a state-wide, flagship program called Bhoochetana. The program was&#13;
designed to get the state’s agriculture back on track by increasing crop productivity and strengthening&#13;
agriculture-based livelihoods.</mods:abstract><mods:classification authority="lcc">Bhoochetana</mods:classification><mods:classification authority="lcc">Soil Fertility</mods:classification><mods:originInfo><mods:dateIssued encoding="iso8061">2020</mods:dateIssued></mods:originInfo><mods:originInfo><mods:publisher>ICRISAT</mods:publisher></mods:originInfo><mods:genre>Book Section</mods:genre></mods:mods>