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Farm level rainwater harvesting for dryland agriculture in India: Performance assessment and institutional and policy needs
The present study was conducted to assess the performance of farm ponds in 5 major rainfed states of India
- Andhra Pradesh, Maharashtra, Karnakata, Tamilnadu and Rajasthan, during 2009 and 2010. The data
points included ...
Assessing different systems for enhancing farm income and resilience in extreme dry region of India
Enhancing resilience among small farm households in dry regions is important to cope with extreme weather conditions and changing climate. This study presents the results of assessment made in Western Rajasthan (Thar) ...
Potential of farm level rainwater harvesting for enhancing resilience of dryland farming systems in India
The farm level rainwater harvesting which has huge potential for enhancing dryland farming systems resilience is yet to be fully harnessed. Here we have assessed the performance of small rainwater harvesting structures in ...
Identifying Low Emissions Development Pathways – Synergies and Trade-offs: A Case Study of Mahbubnagar District, Telangana, India
This case study examines the opportunities for obtaining synergies between agricultural productivity, wholefarm profitability and greenhouse gas (GHG) mitigation and highlights where trade-offs exist. We explore how ...
Integrated ecosystems approach for sustainable intensification of community based silvopatoral systems in arid western Rajasthan, India: implications for upscaling
The common pastures in arid Rajasthan, India though are critically important for sustaining livestock dominant smallholder rural livelihoods and ecosystems services, but have been severely degraded due to several factors. ...
A Multi-Model Systems Approach for Identifying Low Emissions Development Pathways– Analyzing Synergies and Trade-offs in Semiarid Agriculture in India
Food security in the face of changing climate has pushed governments and development actors to focus efforts on improving adaptation, however, going forward besides adaptation, mitigation efforts to reduce GHG emissions ...
Institutionalizing governance arrangements for sustainable management of community based silvipasture systems in arid ecoregions in Rajasthan, India
In arid parts of Rajasthan rural households heavily depend on Common Property Resources (CPRs) especially community silvi-pastures systems. Such common grazing areas have, however, become severely degraded making in ...