@incollection{icrisat3568, publisher = {CRC Press(Taylor \& Francis)}, booktitle = {Integrated Watershed Management in Rainfed Agriculture}, address = {London, UK}, year = {2011}, title = {Policies and institutions for increasing benefits of integrated watershed management programs}, pages = {129--158}, author = {K V Raju and K H Anantha and S P Wani}, url = {http://oar.icrisat.org/3568/}, abstract = {One of the most challenging policy issues for a long time has been conservation and management of land and water resources for sustainable agriculture and poverty reduction, specifically in rainfed areas. Rainfed agriculture contributes 60\% of world?s staple food and is being practiced on 80\% of the world?s agricultural area (FAOSTAT 2005). Water is a limiting factor in achieving food production (crop growth) in semi-arid and dry subhumid zones (SEI 2005). Nearly two-thirds of India?s agriculture is based on rainfed areas and contributes about 9\% of Gross Domestic Product (GDP)1. As the source of growth in irrigated areas declines, rainfed agriculture must increase to fill the gap...........} }