Estimating the potential of rainfed agriculture in India: Prospects for water productivity improvements

Agricultural Water Management

Volumn 97, Issue 1, 2010, Pages 23-30

  Sharma, Bharat R ^a   Rao, K V ^b   Vittal, K P R ^c   Ramakrishna, Y S ^b   Amarasinghe, U ^a  

^a INTERNATIONAL WATER MANAGEMENT INSTITUTE   (India)

^b CENTRAL RESEARCH INSTITUTE FOR DRYLAND AGRICULTURE   (India)

^c CENTRAL ARID ZONE RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (India)

Author keywords

Economics; Efficiency of rainwater use; Harvestable surplus; Supplemental irrigation; Water harvesting

Indexed keywords

CLIMATIC WATER BALANCE; CROPPING SEASONS; HARVESTABLE SURPLUS; IRRIGABLE AREAS; NATIONAL LEVEL; RAIN FED AGRICULTURE; RAIN WATER; RAINFED; RAINFED CROP; RUNOFF WATER; SUPPLEMENTAL IRRIGATION; WATER HARVESTING; WATER PRODUCTIVITY;

AGRICULTURAL RUNOFF; CROPS; DROUGHT; ECONOMIC ANALYSIS; FLOW OF WATER; HARVESTING; PRODUCTIVITY; WATER ANALYSIS; WATER CONSERVATION; WATER RESOURCES; WATER SUPPLY;

IRRIGATION;

AGROECOLOGY; ECONOMIC ANALYSIS; HARVESTING; IRRIGATION; IRRIGATION SYSTEM; RAINFED AGRICULTURE; RAINWATER; RUNOFF; WATER BUDGET; WATER MANAGEMENT;

ASIA; EURASIA; INDIA; SOUTH ASIA;

ANTIDESMA PLATYPHYLLUM;

EID: 70350002112     PISSN: 03783774     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.agwat.2009.08.002     Document Type: Article

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