Call number:
PIK N 454-09-0076
Description / Table of Contents:
Main Contents: 1.Rain-fed agriculture - Past trend and future prospects 2. Zooming in on a global hotspots 3. Water resource implications - green and blue water trade-offs 4. Land degradation implications 5. Determinants of yield growth and constraints (including Hydro - climatic determinants) 6. Yield gap analysis - Modeling achievable yields at the farm level 7. Opportunities of upgrading rain-fed agriculture - a systems analysis 8. Opportunities for improving crop-water productivity through genetic enhancement of dryland crops 9. Opportunities for water harvesting in arid areas for improving rain-fed agriculture through supplemental irrigation 10. Opportunities for water harvesting in semi-arid areas for improving rain-fed agriculture through supplemental irrigation 11. Integrated farm management practices and up scaling the impact for increased productivity of rainfed systems 12. Challenges of adoption and adaptive management (building on case studies) 13. Up scaling socioeconomic impacts of rain-fed agriculture 14. Synthesis - how far can rain-fed agriculture go in securing food in 2025? 15. Conclusions and future research needs
Type of Medium:
Monograph available for loan
Pages:
XV, 310 S. : Ill., graph. Darst.
ISBN:
9781845933890
Series Statement:
Comprehensive assessment of water management in agriculture series 7
Location:
A 18 - must be ordered
Branch Library:
PIK Library
