%0 Book Section
%A Singh, P
%A Wani, S P
%A Pathak, P
%A Sahrawat, K L
%A Singh, A K
%B Integrated Watershed Management in Rainfed Agriculture
%C London, UK
%D 2011
%F icrisat:3572
%I CRC Press(Taylor & Francis)
%P 315-347
%T Increasing crop productivity and water use efficiency in rainfed agriculture
%U http://oar.icrisat.org/3572/
%X Globally rainfed agriculture is very important as 80% of the world’s agricultural land  area is rainfed and generates 58% of the world’s staple foods (SIWI 2001). Most food  for poor communities in the developing countries is produced in rainfed areas; for  example, in sub-Saharan Africa (SSA) more than 95% of the farm land is rainfed,  while the corresponding figure for Latin America is almost 90%, for South Asia about  60%, for East Asia 65%, and for Near East and North Africa 75%. In India, 66% of  142 million ha arable land is rainfed...........