5 pages, India's agrarian economy contributes 21% to the country's GDP and provides employment to 60% of the population. Rainfed agriculture constitutes 67% of the net sown area, contributing 44% of food grains and supporting 40% of the population. To meet the increasing demand for food grains, it is crucial to enhance the productivity of rainfed areas from the current 1 t/ha to 2 t/ha over the next two decades. However, the quality of natural resources in these regions is deteriorating due to overexploitation, and rainfed areas face biophysical and socio-economic constraints affecting crop and livestock productivity.
This paper critically examines economically viable technologies for rainfed agriculture, including soil and rainwater conservation, efficient crops and cropping systems tailored to the growing season, and suitable implements for timely sowing and labor-saving. Sustainable practices such as integrated nutrient and pest management (INM and IPM) are emphasized. Additionally, the paper highlights interventions in dryland technologies to utilize marginal lands through alternative land-use systems like silvopasture, rainfed horticulture, and tree farming, demonstrated on a watershed basis. The integration of livestock with arable farming systems and the incorporation of indigenous knowledge are also discussed. Finally, the paper advocates for the formation of self-help groups, innovative extension tools such as portable rainfall simulators, and focus group discussions to facilitate the adoption of rainfed technologies by farmers. A farming systems approach in rainfed agriculture not only addresses income and employment challenges but also ensures food security.
Australia: University of Western Australia Press, Crawley.
Location:
Agricultural Communications Documentation Center, Funk Library, University of Illinois Document Number: C25274
Notes:
James F. Evans Collection, Insights about life, conditions, people and perspectives in rural Australia, as reflected in selected sayings from essays, poems, Bush songs, novels, books, advertisements, rural residents and other sources. Photographs by Richard Woldendorp, widely acclaimed for his landscape photographs.
Agricultural Communications Documentation Center, Funk Library, University of Illinois Document Number: C25306
Notes:
Pages 68-101 in Stephen B. Brush and Doreen Stabinsky (eds.), Valuing local knowledge: indigenous people and intellectual property rights. Island Press, Washington, D.C. 337 pages.
Nabhan, Gary Paul (author), Joaquin, Angelo Jr. (author), Laney, Nancy (author), and Dahl, Kevin (author)
Format:
Book chapter
Publication Date:
1996
Published:
USA
Location:
Agricultural Communications Documentation Center, Funk Library, University of Illinois Document Number: C25307
Notes:
Pages 186-208 in Stephen B. Brush and Doreen Stabinsky (eds.), Valuing local knowledge: indigenous people and intellectual property rights. Island Press, Washington, D.C. 337 pages.
Agricultural Communications Documentation Center, Funk Library, University of Illinois Document Number: C25308
Notes:
Pages 209-229 in Stephen B. Brush and Doreen Stabinsky (eds.), Valuing local knowledge: indigenous people and intellectual property rights. Island Press, Washington, D.C. 337 pages.
Berard, Laurence (author) and Marchenay, Philippe (author)
Format:
Book chapter
Publication Date:
1996
Published:
France
Location:
Agricultural Communications Documentation Center, Funk Library, University of Illinois Document Number: C25309
Notes:
Pages 230-243 in Stephen B. Brush and Doreen Stabinsky (eds.), Valuing local knowledge: indigenous people and intellectual property rights. Island Press, Washington, D.C. 337 pages.
Agricultural Communications Documentation Center, Funk Library, University of Illinois Document Number: C25310
Notes:
Pages 244-256 in Stephen B. Brush and Doreen Stabinsky (eds.), Valuing local knowledge: indigenous people and intellectual property rights. Island Press, Washington, D.C. 337 pages.
Agricultural Communications Documentation Center, Funk Library, University of Illinois Document Number: C25311
Notes:
Pages 305-322 in Stephen B. Brush and Doreen Stabinsky (eds.), Valuing local knowledge: indigenous people and intellectual property rights. Island Press, Washington, D.C. 337 pages.
Agricultural Communications Documentation Center, Funk Library, University of Illinois Document Number: C25312
Notes:
Pages 143-164 in Stephen B. Brush and Doreen Stabinsky (eds.), Valuing local knowledge: indigenous people and intellectual property rights. Island Press, Washington, D.C. 337 pages.
Agricultural Communications Documentation Center, Funk Library, University of Illinois Document Number: C25320
Notes:
Pages 185-248 in Frederique Apffel-Marglin and Stephen A. Marglin (eds.), Decolonizing knowledge: from development to dialogue. Clarendon Press, Oxford, England. 398 pages.
Agricultural Communications Documentation Center, Funk Library, University of Illinois Document Number: C25321
Notes:
Pages 249-278 in Frederique Apffel-Marglin and Stephen A. Marglin (eds.), Decolonizing knowledge: from development to dialogue. Clarendon Press, Oxford, England. 398 pages.
Agricultural Communications Documentation Center, Funk Library, University of Illinois Document Number: C25327
Notes:
Pages 159-170 in Gerald G. Martin (ed.), Traditional agriculture in southeast Asia: a human ecology perspective. Westview Press, Boulder, Colorado. 358 pages.
Marten, Gerald G. (author), Brosius, J. Peter (author), and Lovelace, George W. (author)
Format:
Book chapter
Publication Date:
1986
Published:
International
Location:
Agricultural Communications Documentation Center, Funk Library, University of Illinois Document Number: C25329
Notes:
Pages 187-198 in Gerald G. Martin (ed.), Traditional agriculture in southeast Asia: a human ecology perspective. Westview Press, Boulder, Colorado. 358 pages.
Agricultural Communications Documentation Center, Funk Library, University of Illinois Document Number: C25330
Notes:
Pages 326-340 in Gerald G. Martin (ed.), Traditional agriculture in southeast Asia: a human ecology perspective. Westview Press, Boulder, Colorado. 358 pages.
Agricultural Communications Documentation Center, Funk Library, University of Illinois Document Number: C25558
Notes:
Pages 112-123 in D.M. Warren, L.J. Slikkerveer and D. Brokensha (eds), The cultural dimension of development: indigenous knowledge systems, Intermediate Technology Publications, London. 582 pages.
Agricultural Communications Documentation Center, Funk Library, University of Illinois Document Number: C25561
Notes:
Pages 128-135 in H.S. Feldstein and J. Jiggins (eds.), Tools for the field: methodologies handbook for gender analysis in agriculture. Kumarian Press, West Hartford, Connecticut. 270 pages.
Agricultural Communications Documentation Center, Funk Library, University of Illinois Document Number: C25562
Notes:
Pages 124-139 in D.M. Warren, L.J. Slikkerveer and D. Brokensha (eds.), The cultural dimension of development: indigenous knowledge systems. Intermediate Technology Publications, London. 582 pages.
Agricultural Communications Documentation Center, Funk Library, University of Illinois Box: 158 Document Number: C25822
Notes:
Proceedings of the Cooperative Research Centres Association 12th annual conference, May 16-18, 2007, in Perth, Western Australia. 1 page., Features a presentation by Professor Anil Gupta, professor of entrepreneurship at the Indian Institute of Management.
Agricultural Communications Documentation Center, Funk Library, University of Illinois Box: 159 Document Number: C25911
Notes:
Posted at www.thehoot.org > "Grassroots media" section, Via Media South Asia. 3 pages., "A low-profile, but innovative and imaginative farm journal is very popular among cash-crop growers in southern Karnataka and northern Kerala." Variously spelled "Adike Patrike" and "Adike Pathrike"
Travers, Helen (author), Hunter, Ernest (author), Gibson, Julie (author), and Campion, Jonathan (author)
Format:
Report
Publication Date:
2007-09
Published:
Australia
Location:
Agricultural Communications Documentation Center, Funk Library, University of Illinois Box: 161 Document Number: C26363
Notes:
6 pages., Describes the National HITnet Development Program (Health Interactive Technology Network). It uses touchscreen technology and interactive multimedia approaches to address health issues and choices in indigenous communities of Australia.
Via Directory of Open Access Journals. 6 pages., Uses an ethnopedological approach (human/eco interface) to examine the existence and importance of local knowledge systems about soils and mineral materials.
Agricultural Communications Documentation Center, Funk Library, University of Illinois Document Number: C26737
Notes:
Pages 197-215 in Mary E. Pettenger (ed.), The social constructioin of climate change: power, knowledge, norms, discourses. Ashgate Publishing Limited, Hampshire, England. 255 pages.
