?url_ver=Z39.88-2004&rft_id=Research+Report+No.+62&rft_val_fmt=info%3Aofi%2Ffmt%3Akev%3Amtx%3Adc&rft.relation=http%3A%2F%2Foar.icrisat.org%2F7315%2F&rft.title=Bhoochetana%3A+Building+Resilience+and+Livelihoods+through+Integrated+Watershed+Management.+Resilient+Dryland+Systems+Report+No.+62.&rft.creator=Wani%2C+S+P&rft.creator=Sarvesh%2C+K+V&rft.creator=Sahrawat%2C+K+L&rft.creator=Krishnappa%2C+K&rft.creator=Dharmarajan%2C+B+K&rft.creator=Raju%2C+K+V&rft.creator=Mukherjee%2C+K&rft.creator=Dar%2C+W+D&rft.subject=Watershed+Management&rft.subject=Agriculture-Farming%2C+Production%2C+Technology%2C+Economics&rft.description=Rainfed+areas+are+hotspots+of+poverty+and+malnutrition%2C+and+are+prone+to%0D%0Asevere+land+degradation+of+natural+resources.+Globally%2C+80%25+of+agriculture+is%0D%0Arainfed+providing+62%25+of+the+world%E2%80%99s+staple+food.+With+increasing+population%0D%0Aover+the+years%2C+per+capita+availability+and+quality+of+land+and+water+resources%0D%0Ahave+declined+substantially+resulting+to+water+scarcity.+Agriculture+is+the+major%0D%0Aconsumer+of+water%2C+accounting+for+70-80%25+of+water+withdrawal.+With+the%0D%0Aimpacts+of+climate+change%2C+existing+water+and+land+scarcity+will+be+aggravated%0D%0Afurther.+Producing+food+for+the+ever+growing+population+to+achieve+food+and%0D%0Anutrition+security%2C+and+improving+rural+livelihoods+are+challenges+to+be+met+today%0D%0Aas+well+as+in+the+near+future.%0D%0AAgriculture+is+the+major+contributor+in+the+growth+of+the+state+of+Karnataka%2C%0D%0AIndia+and+is+still+the+mainstay+for+a+large+number+of+population+in+the+state%0D%0Aeconomy.+However%2C+trends+are+showing+that+the+agriculture+and+allied+sectors%E2%80%99%0D%0Acontribution+to+Karnataka%E2%80%99s+GDP+was+around+43%25+in+1980-1981+that+came%0D%0Adown+to+26%25+in+2001-2002%2C+which+further+came+down+to+16.8%25+in+2007-2008%2C%0D%0Aremaining+stagnant+in+2009-2010.+This+declining+contribution+of+agriculture+in%0D%0Athe+state+GDP+was+a+big+concern+for+the+state+government.&rft.publisher=International+Crops+Research+Institute+for+the+Semi-Arid+Tropics+(ICRISAT)+&rft.date=2013&rft.type=Monograph&rft.type=NonPeerReviewed&rft.format=application%2Fpdf&rft.language=en&rft.identifier=http%3A%2F%2Foar.icrisat.org%2F7315%2F1%2FRDS_Research_ReportNo_62_2013.pdf&rft.identifier=++Wani%2C+S+P+and+Sarvesh%2C+K+V+and+Sahrawat%2C+K+L+and+Krishnappa%2C+K+and+Dharmarajan%2C+B+K+and+Raju%2C+K+V+and+Mukherjee%2C+K+and+Dar%2C+W+D++(2013)+Bhoochetana%3A+Building+Resilience+and+Livelihoods+through+Integrated+Watershed+Management.+Resilient+Dryland+Systems+Report+No.+62.++Monograph.+International+Crops+Research+Institute+for+the+Semi-Arid+Tropics+(ICRISAT)+%2C+Patancheru%2C+Andhra+Pradesh%2C+India.+++++&rft.relation=Research+Report+No.+62