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Extractable soil nutrient effects on feed quality traits of crop residues in the semiarid rainfed mixed crop–livestock farming systems of Southern India
In the mixed crop–livestock systems, while general relation among feed
quality, productivity and soil nutrient management have been reported, information on the
effects of extractable soil nutrients on crop residue (CR) ...
Mission to Enhance Productivity of Rainfed Crops in Karnataka
Rainfed areas in India generate 60% of agriculture produce, 75% of pulses and more than 90% of sorghum, millet, and groundnut
although these areas are the hot spots of poverty, water scarcity, droughts, land degradation, ...
BHOOCHETANA: Innovative Institutional Partnerships to Boost Productivity of Rainfed Agriculture in Karnataka, India
Although there has been a considerable development in publicprivate
partnership in developing countries, there are very few examples
of multiinstitutional
partnership for transferring agricultural technologies to smallholders. ...
Nitrogen response and water use efficiency of sweet sorghum cultivars
Sweet sorghum [Sorghum bicolor (L.) Moench] is a biofuel crop, which can be grown under tropical rainfedconditions without sacrificing food and fodder security. Three sweet sorghum cultivars (CSH 22 SS, NTJ2 and ICSV 93046) ...
New Paradigm to Unlock the Potential of Rainfed Agriculture in the Semiarid Tropics
The twentyfirst
century has presented complex and multiple challenges for humankind and the main challenge is to achieve food
security for all with scarce water resources and increasing land degradation. The world is facing ...
Bhoochetana: Building Resilience and Livelihoods through Integrated Watershed Management
Rainfed areas are hotspots of poverty and malnutrition, and are prone to severe land degradation of natural resources. Globally, 80% of
agriculture is rainfed providing 62% of the world’s staple food. With increasing ...
Is rainfed agriculture really a pathway from poverty?
Agriculture’s potential to reduce poverty at household level is explored for rainfed crop production in
Africa and India. A literature survey of crop improvement and natural resource management interventions
demonstrates ...