VS Bhatia, Piara Singh, SP Wani, AVR Kesava Rao, K Srinivas
In India, cultivation of legumes forms an integral part of the rainfed production systems; however, their productivity over the years has remained low and unstable. Soybean and groundnut are the...
V Ramesh, SP Wani, TJ Rego, KL Sharma, T Bhattacharyya, KL Sahrawat, ...
T Bhattacharyya, P Chandran, SK Ray, C Mandal, DK Pal, MV Venugopalan, ...
Physical (nine characteristics) and chemical (14) properties of red and black soils are described: sand, silt, clay, fine clay, BD, COLE, HC (hydraulic conductivity) and WDC; pH (H2O and KCl), EC,...
Bekele Shiferaw, GV Anupama, GD Nageswara Rao, SP Wani
This document has the following chapters: general description of benchmark watersheds; household and demographic characteristics; land ownership, land use, and land markets; livestock and other...
SP Wani, HP Singh, TK Sreedevi, P Pathak, TJ Rego, B Shiferaw, ...
This is a reprint from the book entitled "Research Towards Integrated Natural Resources Management: Examples of Research Problems, Approaches and Partnerships in Action in the CGIAR" ( Hat-wood,...
Baseline characterization of benchmark watersheds in India, Thailand and Vietnam (2006)
This book consists of the following articles: Adarsha Watershed, Kothapally, Andhra Pradesh, India (Hughes, M.; Donald, C.; Wani, S.P.; Sreedevi, T.K.; Sailaja, K.); Lateri Watershed, Vidisha, Madhya...
Piara Singh, D Vijaya, K Srinivas, SP Wani
Before any improvements to crop management practices are made, it is useful to know the potential yield of crops in the region of interest, and the gap between the potential yield and the actual...
Adarsha watershed in Kothapally: understanding the drivers of higher impact (2006)
TK Sreedevi, B Shiferaw, SP Wani
A new science-based farmer participatory consortium model for efficient management of natural resources and for improving the livelihood of poor rural households was evaluated in Adarsha watershed,...
DFID-funded Andhra Pradesh Rural Livelihoods Programme (APRLP) is currently supported by a consortium of several research and development institutions led by ICRISAT. This is one of the first...
PK Joshi, Vasudha Pangare, B Shiferaw, SP Wani, J Bouma, C Scott
This book consists of the following chapters: Policy and institutional issues and concepts for watershed management; current policies and institutional arrangement for watershed management; watershed...
B Shiferaw, GV Anupama, GD Nageswara Rao, SP Wani
This document has the following chapters: general description of benchmark watersheds; household and demographic characteristics; land ownership, land use, and land markets; livestock and other...
Bekele A Shiferaw, V Ratna Reddy, SP Wani, GD Nageswara Rao
Integrated watershed management has been promoted as a suitable strategy for improving productivity and sustainable intensification of agriculture in rainfed drought-prone regions. The paper examines...
Vermicomposting: recycling wastes into valuable organic fertilizer (2006)
KP Nagavallemma, SP Wani, Stephane Lacroix, VV Padmaja, C Vineela, M Babu Rao, ...
This case study documents the transformation of Powerguda, a village of 32 families in Adilabad district in Andhra Pradesh. As a result of watershed management, new agricultural technologies and...
P Pathak, SP Wani, Piara Singh, R Sudi, Ch Srinivasa Rao
Executive Summary Water is one of the most critical resource and constraint in the semi-arid tropics (SAT). To minimize land degradation and sustain crop productivity in the SAT, management and...
G. Ananda Vadivelu, SP Wani, L M Bhole, P Pathak, AB Pande
ICRISAT's intervention in the project 'improving management of natural resources for sustainable rainfed agriculture' funded by the Asian Development Bank aims to increase the productivity and...
Piara Singh, D Vijaya, NT Chinh, Aroon Pongkanjana, KS Prasad, K Srinivas, ...
ICRISAT's intervention in the project improving management of natural resources for sustainable rainfed agriculture funded by the Asian Development Bank aims to increase the productivity and...
Gully control in SAT watersheds (2006)
Gully erosion is geographically a widespread problem. It is common in the semi-arid region, characterized by denuded landscape and flash floods. An estimated 4 million ha land in India and 29 million...
TJ Rego, SP Wani, KL Sahrawat, G Pardhasaradhi
The semi-arid tropics (SAT), spread over 11.6 million KM square worldwide, is home to millions of poor people. The soils are low in fertility and degraded to varying extent. The climate is...
Participatory varietal selection and village seed banks for self-reliance: lessons learnt (2006)
Sreenath Dixit, SP Wani, Ch Ravinder Reddy, Somnath Roy, BVS Reddy, TK Sreedevi, ...
Farmers have been collecting, selecting and saving the seeds of harvested crops for use as seed to meet their planting requirement in the following season. In the past four decades, the management of...
Sreenath Dixit, JC Tewari, SP Wani, C Vineela, AK Chourasia, HB Panchal
Thana, Govardhanpura and Gokulpura cluster of villages in Bundi district, eastern Rajasthan, India represent soils of hot semi-arid region that are degraded due to overgrazing. The total geographical...
A Ramakrishna, SP Wani, Ch Srinivasa Rao, U Srinivas Reddy
Sixteen on-farm trials in 2002 and 9 trials in 2003 were conducted during the post-wet season in Kurnool, Andhra Pradesh, India, to demonstrate the beneficial effects of improved production...
A Ramakrishna, SP Wani, Ch Srinivasa Rao, U Srinivas Reddy
Twelve on-farm trials were conducted during the 2002/03 wet season in Andhra Pradesh, India, to study the effect of improved production technologies over farmers' practice. The improved technology...