http://oar.icrisat.org/id/eprint/3568 2011-11-03T03:17:29Z info:eu-repo/semantics/descriptiveMetadata http://oar.icrisat.org/3568/ Policies and institutions for increasing benefits of integrated watershed management programs Raju, K V Anantha, K H Wani, S P Watershed Management 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........... CRC Press(Taylor & Francis) 2011 Book Section PeerReviewed application/pdf en http://oar.icrisat.org/3568/1/Chapter_5.pdf Raju, K V and Anantha, K H and Wani, S P (2011) Policies and institutions for increasing benefits of integrated watershed management programs. In: Integrated Watershed Management in Rainfed Agriculture. CRC Press(Taylor & Francis), London, UK, pp. 129-158. ISBN 978-0-415-88277-4 info:eu-repo/semantics/objectFile info:eu-repo/semantics/humanStartPage