By S. P. Wani, J. Rockstrorm, T. Oweis

Rainfed agriculture is usually neglected by way of improvement traders, researchers and coverage makers because of restricted self assurance in its skill to extend agricultural creation and improvement. even though, learn undertaken via a staff of major scientists from international enterprises demonstrates its power achieve foodstuff defense, enhancing livelihoods and most significantly addressing problems with fairness and poverty aid in dryland parts - the new spots of poverty.On the foundation of case reports from diversified agricultural and ecological areas in Asia and Africa, chapters talk about the necessity for adopting new paradigms among rainfed and irrigated agriculture, catchment/micro-watershed administration ways, improvements in science-based improvement and extra investments in rainfed components. Yield gaps for significant rainfed plants are analysed globally and attainable methods and skill together with technological, social, and institutional recommendations to bridge the yield gaps are mentioned intimately. overlaying components similar to rainwater harvesting and its effective use, the rehabilitation of degraded land and evaluation tools for social, environmental and monetary affects, this e-book could be precious for either teachers and coverage makers operating in water administration, agriculture and sustainable improvement.

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2000) Drought? Try capturing the rain. Briefing paper for members of parliament and state legislatures – an occasional paper from the Centre for Science and Environment (CSE), New Delhi, India.

The evidence from the Comprehensive Assessment of Water for Food and Poverty Reduction indicated that the use of water for agriculture is larger than for irrigation, and there is an urgent need for a widening of the policy scope to include explicit strategies for water management in rainfed agriculture, including grazing and forest systems. However, what is needed is effective integration so as to have a focus on the investment options on water management across the continuum from rainfed to irrigated agriculture.

Similar yield responses in mung bean and chickpea crops were obtained from supplemental irrigation at the ICRISAT centre in Patancheru. Our results showed that crops on light-textured soils such as alfisols respond better with supplemental irrigation. Clearly, there is potential to enhance productivity and reduce the risks of crop failures through application of harvested water through supplemental irrigation at the critical stage of the crop (for more details see Chapter 11, this volume). P. Wani et al.

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