Carrying capacity of Indian agriculture: Issues related to rainfed agriculture

Current Science

Volumn 102, Issue 6, 2012, Pages 882-888

  Venkateswarlu, B ^a   Prasad, J V N S ^a  

^a CENTRAL RESEARCH INSTITUTE FOR DRYLAND AGRICULTURE   (India)

Author keywords

Carrying capacity; Land degradation; Productivity; Rainfed agriculture; Sustainability

Indexed keywords

EID: 84860998786     PISSN: 00113891     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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