Integrated Watershed Management in Rainfed Agriculture

by S.P. Wani, Kanwar Lal Sahrawat, Johan Rockström, et al.

This book provides a comprehensive presentation of the realization of improved rainfed agriculture yield in semi-arid and dry land areas. The incentive of watershed programs is to increase the return on investment with over 20% for 65% of the projects that are currently underperforming. Besides techniques to improve the livelihood of the many small-scale farmers in developing countries, it includes examples and case studies for further support...

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 041588277X
• ISBN13: 9780415882774
• Release Date: September 2011
• Publisher: CRC Press
• Length: 496 Pages
• Weight: 2.46 lbs.
• Dimensions: 1.2" x 7.1" x 10.0"