Community and Climate Resilience in the Semi-Arid Tropics: A Journey of Innovation

ISBN-13: 9783030299170 / Angielski / Twarda / 2020 / 269 str.

S. P. Wani; K. V. Raju

Spis treści

1

Need for Community Empowerment and Climate Resilience in the Semi-Arid Tropics.

Suhas P. Wani and K.V. Raju

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Adarsha Watershed, Kothapally, ICRISAT’s Innovative Journey: Why, How and What?

Suhas P. Wani and K.V. Raju

3

Climate Change Impacts at Benchmark Watershed.

AVR Kesava Rao, Suhas P. Wani and K Srinivas

4

Integrated Soil Management for Sustained and Higher Productivity

Girish Chander, Suhas P. Wani, Raghavendra Sudi, G. Pardhasaradhi and P. Pathak

5

Improved Water Balance and Ecosystem Services through Integrated Watershed Development

Kaushal K Garg, KH Anantha, Suhas P. Wani, Mukund Patil and Rajesh Nune

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Improved Livelihoods through Sustainable and Diversified Cropping Systems

Srinivas K, Gajanan L Sawargaonkar, Kesava Rao AVR and Suhas P. Wani

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Impacts of Integrated Watershed Development Using Economic Surplus Method

Moses Shyam D, Anantha KH, Wani Suhas P and KV Raju

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Digital Technologies for Assessing Land use, Crop mapping and Irrigation in Community Watersheds

VR Hegde and KV Raju

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Mainstreaming of Women in Watersheds is Must for Enhancing Family Income

Girish Chander, Suhas P Wani, DS Prasad Rao, RR Sudi and CS Rao

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Increasing incomes and building climate resilience of communities through watershed development

Anantha KH, Suhas P. Wani and Mosses Shyam D

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Robust Rural Institutions, Governance Are Must for Sustainable Growth in Watersheds

KV Raju and DS Prasad

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Overview, Summary and Way Forward for Enhancing Impacts of Innovative Model

KV Raju and Suhas P. Wani

O autorze

S.P. Wani is former Director of Research program Asia and Director, ICRISAT Development Centre, ICRISAT.

K.V. Raju, is former Theme Leader, Policies and Impacts, and Principal Scientist, IDC, Research Program Asia, ICRISAT.

Blurb

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.