Enhancing agricultural productivity and rural incomes through sustainable use of natural resources in the Semi Arid Tropics

Journal of the Science of Food and Agriculture

Volumn 92, Issue 5, 2012, Pages 1054-1063

  Wani, Suhas P ^a   Dixin, Yin ^b   Li, Zhong ^c   Dar, William D ^a   Chander, Girish ^a  

^a INTERNATIONAL CROPS RESEARCH INSTITUTE FOR THE SEMI ARID TROPICS ICRISAT   (India)

^b Integrated Rural Development Center   (China)

^c INSTITUTE OF MEDICINAL PLANTS   (China)

Author keywords

China; Dryland agriculture; India; Natural resource management; Resilience; Thailand; Water productivity; Watershed

Indexed keywords

GROUND WATER; RAIN; WATER;

AGRICULTURE; ANIMAL; ARTICLE; BIODIVERSITY; CATERING SERVICE; CROP; ECONOMICS; ECOSYSTEM; EMPLOYMENT; ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION; HUMAN; INCOME; INDIA; LIVESTOCK; METHODOLOGY; RURAL POPULATION; SOCIOECONOMICS; SOIL; THAILAND; TROPIC CLIMATE;

AGRICULTURE; ANIMALS; BIODIVERSITY; CONSERVATION OF NATURAL RESOURCES; CROPS, AGRICULTURAL; ECOSYSTEM; EMPLOYMENT; FOOD SUPPLY; GROUNDWATER; HUMANS; INCOME; INDIA; LIVESTOCK; RAIN; RURAL POPULATION; SOCIOECONOMIC FACTORS; SOIL; THAILAND; TROPICAL CLIMATE; WATER;

EID: 84858271499     PISSN: 00225142     EISSN: 10970010     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/jsfa.4721     Document Type: Article

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