Reddy, V R and Shiferaw, B and Bantilan, M C S and Wani, S P and Sreedevi, T K (2007) Collective Action for Integrated Watershed Management in Semi-Arid India: Strategic Policy and Institutional Options .Strategic Assessments and Development Pathways for Agriculture in the Semi-Arid Tropics. Documentation. International Crops Research Institute for the Semi-Arid Tropics , Patancheru, Andhra Pradesh, India.
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Abstract
Degradation of agroecosystems and declining sustainability are major concerns for agricultural development in many poor regions of the world where livelihoods depend on exploitation of natural resources. This is especially significant in the semi- arid areas, where water scarcity, frequent drought, soil degradation and other constraints lower agricultural productivity and the resilience of the system. Community-based integrated watershed management (IWM) is therefore being recognized as a suitable strategy for improving productivity and sustainable intensication of agriculture in drought- prone regions. This concept ties together the biophysical notion of a watershed as a hydrological unit with the social aspect of community and its institutions for sustainable management of land, water and other resources.
| Item Type: | Monograph (Documentation) |
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| Series Name: | Policy Brief No.11 |
| Subjects: | Others > Watershed Management |
| Depositing User: | Mr Sanat Kumar Behera |
| Date Deposited: | 11 Nov 2011 07:18 |
| Last Modified: | 17 Mar 2014 07:36 |
| URI: | http://oar.icrisat.org/id/eprint/3895 |
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