In Dhala, farmers have been blending traditional and

In the drier areas of southern Africa, farmers experience drought once every two to three years. Relief agencies have traditionally responded to the resulting famines by providing farmers with enough seed and inorganic fertilizer to enable them to re-establish their cropping enterprises. However, because of the lack of appropriate land and crop management interventions, vulnerable farmers are not necessarily able to translate these relief investments in seeds and fertilizer into sustained gains in
productivity and incomes.

India has history of programmes for conservation of soil and water resources by adopting in situ moisture conservation and increased irrigation through tank and aquifer based water harvesting. This article gives an indication of the potential of the watershed programme.

Food security has become incresingly important globally as well as at domestic front as the global foodgrain production is not keeping pace with increasing population.

The rainfed areas play an important role in providing livelihood to a large segment of population. An insight into the rainfed areas of the country presents a grim picture of water scarcity, fragile ecosystems and land degradation due to soil erosion by water and wind.

Importance of food management and maintaining food security the world over has been abundantly recognized since long. India plays a very important role by its contribution in world's food production, accounts for more than 10 percent of total world's foodgrain production.