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The authors considered that managing rainwater and soil moisture more effectively, and using supplemental and small-scale irrigation, held the key to helping the greatest number of poor people. It called for a new era of water investments and policies for upgrading rainfed agriculture that would go beyond controlling field-level soil and water to bring new freshwater sources through better local management of rainfall and runoff. The chapters in this book provide ...
Agriculture is the predominant livelihood activity in hills. In India this region is spearhead over an area of 53.8 million ha, which is inhabited by 33.7 million people of who more than 90% live in rural setup. Agriculture is much more important for hills economy as scope for industrializations limited due to topographical constraints and environmental concerns. There are vast forests, pastures, grazing lands, miscellaneous groves and trees, much higher ...
Literature and history are closely related. Literature may 'present history without any exaggeration. T he prejudices of the novelists, however, prompt them to change the events of history to some extent according to the convenience. Deviation from actual history loses the authenticity of those literary pieces that treat history. The modern Indian writers writing in English richly present the historical incidents and events in their works. ...