Dryland Horticulture
Description
Sustainable livelihood security of resource poor farmers is the top priority for the nation today. However there is wide gap in productivity of various horticultural commodities among different eco-regions where horticulture can play significant role particularly in arid and semi arid regions it is far below than the potential productivity. Hence sustained and steady growth in rural income is critical for positive impact on living standard of various stakeholders. Therefore an appropriate strategy needs to be devised for such climatically vulnerable regions. The net income of farmers can surely be increased by efficient management of nutrient water and agri-input integrated horticulture based farming system better market price realization post harvest management and value addition integration of secondary enterprises and thereby improving productivity of arid and semi-arid horticultural crops. In this book several such interventions are given in the form of various chapters which will be of immense use improving the productivity and profitability of horticultural commodities. Note: T&F does not sell or distribute the hardback in India Pakistan Nepal Bhutan Bangladesh and Sri Lanka. This title is co-published with NIPA. | Dryland Horticulture