Integrated Water Resource Management for Increasing Productivity and Water Use Efficiency in the Rain-fed Areas of India

    Singh, P and Pathak, P and Wani, S P and Sahrawat, K L (2009) Integrated Water Resource Management for Increasing Productivity and Water Use Efficiency in the Rain-fed Areas of India. In: Best-bet Options for Integrated Watershed Management Proceedings of the Comprehensive Assessment of Watershed Programs in India, 25-27 July 2007, ICRISAT Patancheru, Andhra Pradesh,India.

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    Abstract

    Climate variability is the major cause of "uctuations in food production in the semi-arid tropical (SAT) regions of India leading to food insecurity, malnutrition and poverty. Although the total amount of rainfall in the SAT regions is adequate to meet the water requirements of the crops and cropping systems, its erratic distribution results in periods of excess and de*cit water availability, leading to low productivity and degradation of natural resources. Therefore, an integrated water resources management approach comprising in-situ water conservation, harvesting of excess water in ponds and groundwater recharging and its e+cient use through appropriate supplemental irrigation methods, improved crop varieties and cropping systems, balanced nutrition of crops, crop diversi*cation and intensi*cation with high value crops and crop protection is needed to produce more food and income per unit of rainfall. The paper describes the achievements made by ICRISAT in collaboration with its partners in enhancing crop productivity and rainfall use e+ciency by implementing improved technologies in on-station and on-farm community watersheds in India

    Item Type: Conference or Workshop Item (Paper)
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    Uncontrolled Keywords: Rain-fed agriculture, community watersheds, integrated genetic and natural resource management, food security, rural livelihoods.
    Subjects: Others > Watershed Management
    Others > Agriculture-Farming, Production, Technology, Economics
    Depositing User: Mr Sanat Kumar Behera
    Date Deposited: 12 Nov 2011 12:41
    Last Modified: 12 Nov 2011 12:41
    URI: http://oar.icrisat.org/id/eprint/3919
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