Book of Extended summaries ISDA

International Conference on Reimagining Rainfed Agro-ecosystems: Challenges &
Opportunities during 22-24, December 2022 at ICAR-CRIDA, Hyderabad
Conclusion
Based on present results the number of generations that can be completed by C. serratus in a
year in India is likely to be higher in the future climate change periods.
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T5-42P-1621
Indian Water Policy: Perspective of Rainwater Harvesting for Sustainability in Semi-
Arid Regions
K Sreenivas Reddy*, K Sammi Reddy and V.K Singh
ICAR - Central Research Institute for Dryland Agriculture, Santhoshnagar, Hyderabad,
ks.reddy@icar.gov.in
India is an agrarian country and water is a critical input in agriculture. India has 18% of world
population, having 4% of world’s fresh water, out of which 80% is used in agriculture.
Agriculture farming is two type rainfed and irrigated. Rainfed agriculture is practiced 80% in
worldwide and contributed 70% in global food production (UNCTAD, 2011). India has about
141 million ha of net cultivable area. Out of which 72 Mha (51%) net sown areas dependent
on rain, and plays an important role in the country’s economy. This area accounts for nearly
40 % of the total food
production contributed by 80% marginal and small farmers. (Reddy et al, 2020 and DAFW,
2022).The constraints like water scarcity, soil degradation, low soil fertility, low farm
mechanization, low risk bearing capacity of farmers, climate change and lack of interest from
private sector to invest into agriculture due to its unreliable nature, which results in very low
crop productivity (0.8 to 1 t/ha)or crop failures are always concern for success of agriculture
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