Improved livelihoods and food security through unlocking the potential of rainfed agriculture

Food and Water Security

Volumn , Issue , 2007, Pages 89-105

  Wani, Suhas P ^a   Sreedevi, T K ^a   Rockstrom, Johan ^b   Wangkahart, Thawilkal ^c   Ramakrishna, Y S ^d   Dixin, Yin ^e   Rao, A V R Kesava ^a   Li, Zhong ^f  

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

^b STOCKHOLM ENVIRONMENT INSTITUTE   (Sweden)

^c c/o Agricultural Research and Development ^*  (Thailand)

^d CENTRAL RESEARCH INSTITUTE FOR DRYLAND AGRICULTURE   (India)

^e Guizhou Institute of Dryland Crops   (China)

^f INSTITUTE OF MEDICINAL PLANTS   (China)

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