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Combating Drought through Integrated Watershed Management for Sustainable Dryland Agriculture

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Relation http://oar.icrisat.org/3799/
 
Title Combating Drought through Integrated Watershed Management for Sustainable Dryland Agriculture
 
Creator Wani, S P
Balloli, S S
Rao, A V R K
Sreedevi, T K
 
Subject Watershed management
Agriculture-Farming, Production, Technology, Economics
 
Description In a country like India, where 69% of arable land is rainfed, drought is a constant
threat in one or another part of country. Drought is a recurring phenomenon and we need to
manage drought effectively using the new knowledge and technology rather than dealing with
as a disaster. Historical weather data helps in understanding the patterns of drought
occurrence as well as establishing the length of the growing season and fItting the suitable
cropping systems accordingly. The nexus between drought, land degradation and poverty
could be broken by adopting integrated watershed development approach. The ICRISAT and
partners developed an innovative farmer participatory consortium model for efficient and
sustainable management of natural resources in the watersheds. The approach adopted is
integrated genetic and natural resource management (lGNRM) and watersheds are used as
entry points for improving the livelihoods. The results of a case study and scaling-up
activities under the Andhra Pradesh Rural Livelihoods Program are discussed.
 
Date 2004
 
Type Conference or Workshop Item
PeerReviewed
 
Format application/pdf
 
Language en
 
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Identifier http://oar.icrisat.org/3799/1/combating_drought_through.pdf
Wani, S P and Balloli, S S and Rao, A V R K and Sreedevi, T K (2004) Combating Drought through Integrated Watershed Management for Sustainable Dryland Agriculture. In: . Regional Workshop on Agricultural Drought Monitoring and Assessment using Space Technology , 3-7 May 2004, Hyderabad, Andhra Pradesh, India.