http://oar.icrisat.org/id/eprint/3566 2011-11-03T03:17:04Z info:eu-repo/semantics/descriptiveMetadata http://oar.icrisat.org/3566/ Watershed development as a growth engine for sustainable development of rainfed areas Wani, S P Rockstroma, J Watershed Management Agriculture-Farming, Production, Technology, Economics Globally humankind is facing a great challenge of achieving food security for the ever growing population and growing per capita incomes particularly in the emerging giant economies like Brazil, Russia, India, China, and South Africa. The urgent need to decrease poverty and undernourishment while protecting the environment means delicately balancing development and sustainability resulting in increased additional pressure on the global food production system. In the foreseeable future agriculture will continue to be the backbone of economies in Africa and South Asia in spite of growing incomes and urbanization, globalization, and the declining contribution........ CRC Press(Taylor & Francis) 2011 Book Section PeerReviewed application/pdf en http://oar.icrisat.org/3566/1/Chapter_2.pdf Wani, S P and Rockstroma, J (2011) Watershed development as a growth engine for sustainable development of rainfed areas. In: Integrated Watershed Management in Rainfed Agriculture. CRC Press(Taylor & Francis), London, UK, pp. 35-52. ISBN 978-0-415-88277-4 info:eu-repo/semantics/objectFile info:eu-repo/semantics/humanStartPage