Overview
- Presents innovative research into rain-fed agricultural processes
- Demonstrates effective community participatory mechanisms
- Addresses issues to improve livelihoods of dryland farmers in Semi-Arid Tropics
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Table of contents (12 chapters)
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About this book
This book focuses on developing an integrated holistic approach for harnessing the potential of rain-fed agriculture. In this approach, rainwater management through harvesting and recharging the groundwater is used as an entry point activity for increasing the productivity for farmers through enhanced water use efficiency. To provide the holistic and integrated solutions, the approach of consortium through building partnerships with different stakeholders, eg. different research institutions (State, National and International), development departments, eg. Department of Agriculture, Department of Animal Husbandry etc., Non-Government Organizations (NGOs), Farmers Organizations Community-based Organizations (CBOs) along with market linkages through private companies.
Editors and Affiliations
About the editors
K.V. Raju, is former Theme Leader, Policies and Impacts, and Principal Scientist, IDC, Research Program Asia, ICRISAT.
Bibliographic Information
Book Title: Community and Climate Resilience in the Semi-Arid Tropics
Book Subtitle: A Journey of Innovation
Editors: S. P. Wani, K. V. Raju
DOI: https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-030-29918-7
Publisher: Springer Cham
eBook Packages: Earth and Environmental Science, Earth and Environmental Science (R0)
Copyright Information: Springer Nature Switzerland AG 2020
Hardcover ISBN: 978-3-030-29917-0Published: 23 January 2020
Softcover ISBN: 978-3-030-29920-0Published: 26 August 2021
eBook ISBN: 978-3-030-29918-7Published: 22 January 2020
Edition Number: 1
Number of Pages: XII, 269
Number of Illustrations: 111 b/w illustrations, 1 illustrations in colour
Topics: Climate Change, Climate Change/Climate Change Impacts, Agriculture, Hydrology/Water Resources, Soil Science & Conservation, Remote Sensing/Photogrammetry