Semi-arid and arid areas are home to one sixth of the world's population. 1 Most of these are
poor agro-pastoralists who depend totally on the renewable natural resources for their …

Rainfed areas are the hot spot of poverty, water scarcity, land degradation, and low social
and physical capital development. However, vast potential of rainfed agriculture remains …

In arid and semi-arid regions water management is the key challenge for improving food
production in rain-fed agriculture due to the extreme variability of rainfall, long dry season …

The natural resource base of land, water and vegetation in arid and semiarid areas is highly
fragile and vulnerable to degradation especially in Developing Countries. The demand for …

Rainwater, an essential resource for growing food also plays an important role in providing
livelihood support for rural people in the rain-fed regions. Eighty percent of the world's …

Rainfed agriculture plays and will continue to play a dominant role in providing food and
livelihoods for an increasing world population. We describe the world's semi-arid and dry …

Facing the food and poverty crises in developing countries will require a new emphasis on
smallscale water management in rainfed agriculture involving the redirection of water policy …

From time immemorial, people have been managing rain. The availability of water and water
sources determined where people would be able to live. Adequate rainfall decided on the …

This chapter provides an expository review and documentation of issues relating to water
harvesting in rain-fed environment, most of which are in Africa and Asia. The chapter …

Rainfed agriculture is the future hope of food and nutritional security globally and at national
level. There are two reasons for it. One, large potential exists to meet present and future food …