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Main Description

This book is based on research undertaken by a team of leading scientists from 10 global organizations. Chapters consider the potential of rainfed agriculture on the basis of case studies for different regions in Asia and Africa with the aim to assess the need of water for achieving food security and reducing poverty. Yield gaps for major rainfed crops are analysed globally and possible ways and means including technological, social and institutional options to bridge the yield gaps are discussed in detail.

Readership

Researchers and students in hydrology and agriculture

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

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