Integrated watershed management in rainfed agriculture

• Main Author: Wani, S. P. 1952-
• Other Authors: Rockström, Johan, Sahrawat, K. L.
• Format: eBook
• Language: English
• Published: Boca Raton : CRC Press, c2011.
• Subjects: Dry farming.; Watershed management.; Dry farming > Economic aspects.; Agricultural productivity.; elektronické knihy; electronic books
• ISBN: 9781466512825
• Physical Description: xxiii, 472 p. : ill. (some col.), maps (some col.).

Table of 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. Policies 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 agriculture and adaptation strategies to improve livelihoods.