?url_ver=Z39.88-2004&rft_id=Technical+Bulletin+No.1&rft_val_fmt=info%3Aofi%2Ffmt%3Akev%3Amtx%3Adc&rft.relation=http%3A%2F%2Foar.icrisat.org%2F5533%2F&rft.title=Benefits+from+Micro+and+Secondary+Nutrients%3A+Impacts+on+Farm+Income+and+Livelihoods+in+Rainfed+Tribal+and+Backward+Regions+of+Andhra+Pradesh+&rft.creator=Srinivasa+Rao%2C+Ch&rft.creator=Venkateswarlu%2C+B&rft.creator=Wani%2C+S+P&rft.creator=Dixit%2C+S&rft.creator=Sahrawat%2C+K+L&rft.creator=Kundu%2C+S&rft.subject=Agriculture-Farming%2C+Production%2C+Technology%2C+Economics&rft.description=In+India%2C+rainfed+cropping+is+practiced+on+80+Mha%2C+in+arid%2C+semi-arid+and+sub-humid+climatic+zones%3B%0D%0Aconstituting+about+57%25+of+the+net+cultivated+area.+Even+after+development+of+all+irrigation+water+resources%2C%0D%0Aaround+50%25+of+the+cultivated+land+will+remain+rainfed.+Low+and+erratic+rainfall%2C+high+temperature%2C+degraded%0D%0Asoils+with+low+available+water+holding+capacity+and+multinutrient+deficiencies%2C+low+input+use+and+low+use%0D%0Aefficiencies+of+applied+nutrients%2C+are+important+factors+that+contribute+to+low+crop+yields+in+these+regions.+Besides%0D%0Amajor+nutrient+deficiencies%2C+deficiency+of+secondary+and+micro+nutrients+has+also+crept+extensively+in+rainfed%0D%0Aregions+as+supplementation+of+nutrients+is+seldom+practiced.+Additionally%2C+adoption+of+intensive+cereal+based%0D%0Acropping+systems%2C+imbalanced+use+of+fertilizers+largely+due+to+subsidized+urea+and+DAp%2C+micro+and+secondary%0D%0Anutrient+deficiencies+have+become+limiting+factors+for+realizing+potential+yields.+Among+these%2C+sulphur+(S)%2C%0D%0Aboron+(B)+and+zinc+(Zn)+are+considered+to+be+the+most+limiting+nutrients+in+the+rainfed+areas%2C+even+in+intensively%0D%0Acultivated+tribal+and+backward+regions.+Judicious+and+balanced+or+integrated+use+of+nutrients+based+on+Site%0D%0ASpecific+Nutrient+Management+(SSNM)%2C+will+play+a+major+role+in+improving+nutrient+use+efficiency%2C+achieving%0D%0Afood+security+and+solve+malnutrition+problem+in+rainfed+regions.%0D%0AThe+authors+have+done+a+commendable+job+of+highlighting+the+extent+of+secondary+and+micronutrient%0D%0Adeficiencies+at+state+level+covering+clusters+of+rainfed+backward+and+tribal+regions%2C+depicting+deficiency%0D%0Asymptoms+of+different+crops%2C+recommendations+for+different+rainfed+crops+and+cropping+systems%2C+yield%0D%0Aand+economic+advantages+of+micro+and+secondary+nutrient+application+as+well+as+farmers'+opinions.+I+trust%0D%0Athat+this+bulletin+prove+to+be+informative+and+han+dy+from+a+practical+point+of+view+as+well+as+be+useful+to+researchers%2C+planners+and+policy+makers+in+ensuring+agricultural+sustainability+under+different+rainfed+cropping%0D%0Asituations+in+backward+areas.+In+fact%2C+this+publication+paves+the+way+to+promote+balanced+use+of+fertilizer+for%0D%0Ahigher+yields%2C+thus+improving+farmers'+profit+by+breaking+the+barriers+of+stagnating%2Fdeclining+trend+in+the+crop%0D%0Aproductivity+in+the+rainfed+regions+of+the+country+which+were+bypassed+by+the+green+revolution+of+the+sixties%0D%0Aand+seventies&rft.publisher=Central+Research+Institute+for+Dryland+Agriculture&rft.date=2011&rft.type=Monograph&rft.type=NonPeerReviewed&rft.format=application%2Fpdf&rft.language=en&rft.identifier=http%3A%2F%2Foar.icrisat.org%2F5533%2F1%2FImpacts%2520on%2520Farm_2011.pdf&rft.identifier=++Srinivasa+Rao%2C+Ch+and+Venkateswarlu%2C+B+and+Wani%2C+S+P+and+Dixit%2C+S+and+Sahrawat%2C+K+L+and+Kundu%2C+S++(2011)+Benefits+from+Micro+and+Secondary+Nutrients%3A+Impacts+on+Farm+Income+and+Livelihoods+in+Rainfed+Tribal+and+Backward+Regions+of+Andhra+Pradesh.++Documentation.+Central+Research+Institute+for+Dryland+Agriculture%2C+Hyderabad%2C+India.+++++&rft.relation=Technical+Bulletin+No.1