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A Mission to Enhance Productivity of Rain-fed Crops in Rain-fed Districts of Karnataka, India.

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Title A Mission to Enhance Productivity of Rain-fed Crops in Rain-fed Districts of Karnataka, India.
 
Creator Raju, K V
Rao, M B
Sarvesh, K V
Muniyappa, N C
Dasgupta, A
Wani, S P
 
Subject Watershed management
 
Description Water shortage is a major constraint for rain-fed crop production and achief cause of poverty and hunger in the semi-arid tropics of the world.Over 95 per cent of the world’s poor and mal nourished people live inIndia, China, the Eastern and Sub-Saharan Africa and parts of LatinAmerica. Rain-fed agriculture is practiced on 80% of the world’s farmarea, and generates almost 60% of the world’s staple foods, providingthe livelihoods of 80 per cent of the world’s population. In India, 40% ofthe population depends on rain-fed agriculture, which is cultivated 85million hectares, and produces 44% of food and fodder requirements forthe country. Rain-fed areas in India covering 60% of agriculture produce75% of pulses and more than 90% of sorghum, millet, and groundnut.These areas are the hot spots of poverty, suffer from water scarcity anddroughts, land degradation and low rainwater use efficiency
 
Date 2011
 
Type Conference or Workshop Item
PeerReviewed
 
Format application/pdf
 
Language en
 
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Identifier http://oar.icrisat.org/3543/1/A_mission_to_enhance_productivity_of_rainfed_crops_in_rainfed_dist_of_karnataka.pdf
Raju, K V and Rao, M B and Sarvesh, K V and Muniyappa, N C and Dasgupta, A and Wani, S P (2011) A Mission to Enhance Productivity of Rain-fed Crops in Rain-fed Districts of Karnataka, India. In: Use of High Science Tools in Integrated Watershed Management Proceedings of the National Symposium, 1–2 February 2010, NASC Complex, New Delhi, India.