Agricultural Development of Dryland Areas

Description

Dry farming originated in the nineteenth century to accelerate the production of certain crops, most notably wheat. It is most widely practiced in the Great Plains area, where rainfall averages between eight to twenty inches a year. Dry Lands offer good scope for development of agro-forestry, social forestry, and such other similar systems which will not only supply food, fuel to the village people and fodder to the cattle but forms a suitable vegetative cover for ecological maintenance This book “Agricultural Development of Dryland Areas” covered recent innovations in dryland agriculture and reinforces the understanding for its utilization to develop environmentally sustainable and food production systems. It consists of basic concepts and history, components and elements, breeding and modeling efforts, and potential benefits relevant to agriculture in dryland areas around the world. This book is useful for students as well as agriculturalists.