University of Agricultural Sciences, Bangalore

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Improving livelihoods in rainfed areas through integrated watershed management : a development perspective -- Watershed development as a growth engine for sustainable development of rainfed areas -- Watershed development for rainfed areas : concept, principles, and approaches -- Equity in watershed development : imperatives for property rights, resource allocation, and institutions -- Policies and institutions for increasing benefits of integrated watershed management programs -- Application of new science tools in integrated watershed management for enhancing impacts -- Soil and water conservation for optimizing productivity and improving livelihoods in rainfed areas -- Rainwater harvesting improves returns on investment in smallholder agriculture in Sub-Saharan Africa -- Management of emerging multi nutrient deficiencies : a prerequisite for sustainable enhancement of rainfed agricultural productivity -- Increasing crop productivity and water use efficiency in rainfed agricutlure -- Impact of watershed projects in India : application of various approaches and methods -- Watershed management through a resilience lens -- Impacts of climate change on rainfed agriculture and adaptation strategies to improve livelihoods.