INTEGRATED FARMING SYSTEM FOR SUSTAINABLE PRODUCTION

Dileep Kumar, Deepak Chaturvedi, R.K. Yadav, Sankar Lal, Harjindra Singh

 
9789353870423: INTEGRATED FARMING SYSTEM FOR SUSTAINABLE PRODUCTION

Synopsis

The drought affects household economy directly by reducing livestock production and wage opportunities and indirectly through a rise in food prices. The hot arid region experiences an annual rainfall between 200 and 350 mm. It comes under the influence of subtropical high pressure belt extending from northwest Africa to Asia. The Indian hot arid zone occupies an area of 0.42 million km 2 forming a continuous stretch in the north western state of Rajasthan, Gujarat, Punjab, Haryana and scattered land masses in the states of Maharashtra, Karnataka and Andhra Pradesh, 70 per cent of it falls in western Rajasthan. Low and erratic rainfall extreme temperatures long sunshine duration (6.6-11 hours) low relative humidity ( 30-80 per cent ) high wind velocity (9-13km/h) and high vapour transpiration (1600-1800 mm ) and characteristic features of the region. Moreover the soils are poor in nutrients and scarcity of water and recurring droughts are perennial constraints.

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