relation: http://oar.icrisat.org/3570/
title: Soil and water conservation for optimizing productivity and improving livelihoods in rainfed areas
creator: Pathak, P
creator: Mishra, P K
creator: Wani, S P
creator: Sudi, R
subject: Watershed Management
subject: Agriculture-Farming, Production, Technology, Economics
description: Soil and water are the most valuable natural resources to meet the basic needs of food,  feed, and fiber for human beings. However, conserving soil and water resources is a  growing challenge as they are under increasing stress to produce more food for the  ever growing population. The loss of soil surface layer, which contains most nutrients  and organic matter, reduces fertility. In addition, high runoff water causes moisture  stress in the later part of the season, leading to low and variable crop productivity  especially under rainfed conditions...................
publisher: CRC Press(Taylor & Francis)
date: 2011
type: Book Section
type: PeerReviewed
format: application/pdf
language: en
identifier: http://oar.icrisat.org/3570/1/Chapter_7.pdf
identifier:   Pathak, P and Mishra, P K and Wani, S P and Sudi, R  (2011) Soil and water conservation for optimizing productivity and improving livelihoods in rainfed areas.   In:  Integrated Watershed Management in Rainfed Agriculture.   CRC Press(Taylor & Francis), London, UK, pp. 205-248.  ISBN 978-0-415-88277-4