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Bhoochetana: Building Resilience and Livelihoods through Integrated Watershed Management

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Title Bhoochetana: Building Resilience and Livelihoods through Integrated Watershed Management
 
Creator Wani, Suhas
 
Contributor Sarvesh, KV
Sahrawat, Kanwar Lal
Kamma, Krishnappa
Dharmarajan, B.K.
Raju, KV
Mukherjee, Kaushik
Dar, William D
 
Subject rainfed
technologies
 
Description Rainfed areas are hotspots of poverty and malnutrition, and are prone to severe land degradation of natural resources. Globally, 80% of
agriculture is rainfed providing 62% of the world’s staple food. With increasing population over the years, per capita availability and
quality of land and water resources have declined substantially resulting to water scarcity. Agriculture is the major consumer of water,
accounting for 7080%
of water withdrawal. With the impacts of climate change, existing water and land scarcity will be aggravated
further. Producing food for the ever growing population to achieve food and nutrition security, and improving rural livelihoods are
challenges to be met today as well as in the near future. Agriculture is the major contributor in the growth of the state of Karnataka,
India and is still the mainstay for a large number of population in the state economy. However, trends are showing that the agriculture
and allied sectors’ contribution to Karnataka’s GDP was around 43% in 19801981
that came down to 26% in 20012002,
which further
came down to 16.8% in 20072008,
remaining stagnant in 20092010.
This declining contribution of agriculture in the state GDP was a
big concern for the state government.
 
Date 2013-11-30
2017-01-05T19:42:12Z
2017-01-05T19:42:12Z
 
Type Report
 
Identifier http://oar.icrisat.org/id/eprint/7315
https://mel.cgiar.org/reporting/download/hash/KRzholUv
Suhas Wani, KV Sarvesh, Kanwar Lal Sahrawat, Krishnappa Kamma, B. K. Dharmarajan, KV Raju, Kaushik Mukherjee, William D Dar. (30/11/2013). Bhoochetana: Building Resilience and Livelihoods through Integrated Watershed Management. Hyderabad, India: International Crops Research Institute for the Semi-Arid Tropics (ICRISAT).
https://hdl.handle.net/20.500.11766/5269
Open access
 
Language en
 
Rights CC-BY-NC-4.0
 
Format PDF
 
Publisher International Crops Research Institute for the Semi-Arid Tropics (ICRISAT)