Challenges of Adoption and Adaptation of Land and Water Management Options in Smallholder Agriculture: Synthesis of Lessons and Experiences

Shiferaw, B and Okello, J and Reddy, V R (2009) Challenges of Adoption and Adaptation of Land and Water Management Options in Smallholder Agriculture: Synthesis of Lessons and Experiences. In: Rainfed agriculture: unlocking the potential. Comprehensive Assessment of Water Management in Agriculture Series, 7 . CAB Inernational, Wallingford, Oxon, UK, pp. 258-275. ISBN 978-1-84593-389-0

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Abstract

Conservation and management of land and water resources for sustainable intensification of agriculture and poverty reduction in many developing regions has remained one of the most challenging policy issues for a long time. The increasing degradation of agroecosystems gradually deprives the poor of key productive resources and affects communities whose livelihoods heavily rely on utilization of these resources. Degradation of land and water resources gradually diminishes the capacity of individual farmers and communities to undertake critical investments needed to reverse the situation. This in turn reduces opportunities for addressing nutritional and other necessities and depletes the ability to buffer shocks, thereby increasing vulnerability of livelihoods. The potential nexus between worsening poverty and degradation of natural resources also raises fundamental questions on strategies for poverty reduction, equitable distribution of income and intergenerational equity...

Item Type:	Book Section
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Series Name:	Comprehensive Assessment of Water Management in Agriculture Series
Subjects:	Others > Watershed Management
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Date Deposited:	03 Nov 2011 08:16
Last Modified:	03 Nov 2011 08:16
URI:	http://oar.icrisat.org/id/eprint/3615
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