<> "The repository administrator has not yet configured an RDF license."^^ . <> . . . "A new paradigm in watershed management: A must for development of rainfed areas for inclusive growth"^^ . "Two third of agriculture in India is rain-fed and is also Ihe hot spot of poverty as is the case\r\nin Asia where large proportion of 852 million poor in the world reside. Rainfed areas in developing countries and panicularly so in India are at cross roads as looming water\r\nscarcity for achieving food security and reducing poverty tainled agriculture has come in\r\nthe central stage. Large potential of rain-fed agriculture is untapped largely due 10 lack'of\r\nenabling policy support and investments. in drought-prone rainfed areas watershed\r\nmanagement has shown the potential of douhlillg the agricultural productivity and increasing\r\nthe rural family through increased water availability and diversifying the cropping and\r\nfarming systems resulting in diversified sources of income. impact of watershed programs\r\ncan be substantially enlumced by developing new approaches and enabling policies, however,\r\nadditional investments are mustfor meeting the millennium development goal New paradigm\r\n. based Oil the learnings over last thirty years for people-centric holistic watershed management\r\nin.volving convergence; collective action consortium. approach, capacity development to address equity efficiency, environment, and economic concerns is urgently needed. Through\r\nnew paradigm watershed management can be used as an entry point activity for improving livelihoods of rural poor ill rainfed areas to enable India to achieve inclusive and sustainable development for meeting the MDGs as well as achieving the food, water: and energy security.\r\nConcened efforts by all the stakeholders and actors will make India a global leader in the\r\narea of inclusive and sustainable development in drought-prone challenging rainfed areas\r\nto develop a watershed management as business model through public private partnerships\r\nhamessing the benefits of value chain and linking farmers to the market."^^ . "2008" . . . "Soil Conservation Society of India"^^ . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . "P"^^ . "Pathak"^^ . "P Pathak"^^ . . "P"^^ . "Singh"^^ . "P Singh"^^ . . "S P"^^ . "Wani"^^ . "S P Wani"^^ . . "Y S"^^ . "Ramakrishna"^^ . "Y S Ramakrishna"^^ . . "A"^^ . "Swarup"^^ . "A Swarup"^^ . . "P K"^^ . "Joshi"^^ . "P K Joshi"^^ . . "T K"^^ . "Sreedevi"^^ . "T K Sreedevi"^^ . . "Suraj"^^ . "Bhan"^^ . "Suraj Bhan"^^ . . "J S"^^ . "Bali"^^ . "J S Bali"^^ . . . . . . "A new paradigm in watershed management: A must for development of rainfed areas for inclusive growth (PDF)"^^ . . . . . . . . . . . "A new paradigm in watershed management: A must for development of rainfed areas for inclusive growth (Image (JPEG))"^^ . . . . . . "A new paradigm in watershed management: A must for development of rainfed areas for inclusive growth (Indexer Terms)"^^ . . . . . "HTML Summary of #3654 \n\nA new paradigm in watershed management: A must for development of rainfed areas for inclusive growth\n\n" . "text/html" . . . "Watershed Management"@en . .