Integrated watershed management in rainfed agriculture /

Wani, S. P. 1952-

Integrated watershed management in rainfed agriculture / [Editors], Suhas P. Wani, Johan Rockström, Kanwar Lal Sahrawat. - Boca Raton : CRC Press, c2011. - xxiii, 472 p. : ill. (some col.), maps (some col.) ; 26 cm.

CONTENTS

1.Improving livelihoods in rainfed areas through integrated watershed management : A development perspective

2.Watershed development as a growth engine for sustainable development of rainfed areas

3.Watershed development for rainfed areas: concept, principles and approaches

4.Equity in watershed development: imperatives for property rights, resource allocation and institutions

5.lPolicies and institutions for increasing benefits of integrated watershed management programs

6.Application of new science tools in integrated watershed management for enhancing impacts

7.Soil and water conservation for optimizing productivity and improving livelihoods in rainfed areas

8.Rainwater harvesting improves returns on investment in smallholder agriculture in sub-saharan Africa

9.Management of emerging multinutrient deficiencies: a prerequisite for sustainable enhancement of rainfed agricultural productivity

10.Increasing crop productivity and water use efficiency in rainfed agriculture

11.Impact of watershed projects in India: application of various approaches and methods

12.Watershed management through a resilience lens

13.Impacts of climate change on rainfed agricluture and adaptation strategies to improve livelihoods

Includes bibliographical references and index.

9780415882774 (Hbk) 9780415891486 (eBook)


Dry farming.
Watershed management.
Dry farming--Economic aspects.
Agricultural productivity.

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