New paradigm to unlock the potential of rainfed agriculture in the semiarid tropics

World Soil Resources and Food Security

Volumn , Issue , 2016, Pages 419-469

  Wani, Suhas P ^a   Rockstrom, Johan ^b   Venkateswarlu, B ^c   Singh, A K ^d  

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

^b STOCKHOLM ENVIRONMENT INSTITUTE   (Sweden)

^c CENTRAL RESEARCH INSTITUTE FOR DRYLAND AGRICULTURE   (India)

^d INDIAN COUNCIL OF AGRICULTURAL RESEARCH   (India)

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