Revitalizing Rainfed Agriculture: The Transformative Potential of Watershed Development
Sachin Saharan, Janardan Singh, Rahul Sharma, Akshay Singh, Kunal Narwal, Bharat Bhushan Rana, Saroj Kumari & Divya Prashar · International Journal of Plant & Soil Science · 2024
Out of the 1.5 billion ha (11% of the world’s land surface of 13.4 billion ha) of cropland worldwide, 1.20 (80%) billion ha is rainfed, and 60 percent of the world’s food comes from rainfed areas. In India, rainfed agriculture occupies about 51 percent of the country’s net sown...