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1. Dry land Agriculture TOPIC

2. Need for Dryland Agriculture in India For the balanced development of country, dryland agriculture must be emphasized. Dryland agriculture Occupy 68 % of India's cultivated land, produces 44% of the country's total food production. Dryland agriculture is based on the industrial crops  e.g. cotton, groundnut, oilseeds, pulses, tobacco. For development of agro processing industries and to make Indian agriculture more export- oriented greater emphasis on dryland agriculture is inevitable . Dryland agriculture involves cash cropping, E.g.  Jatropha cultivation can reduce the magnitude of petroleum crisis. Mostly  produces hardy and nutritious crops  eg . Jowar, bajra , ragi , pulses, oilseeds, cottonseeds, sunflower, safflower. The majority of small-scale farmers rely on the arid regions for their primary source of income.

3. Solution to Improve Efficiency and Productivity of Dryland Agriculture 1. Moisture conservation 2. Adoption of improved crops and cropping systems 3. Improved agro-techniques 4. Alternate land use systems 5. Contingent plan for weather aberrations 1. Moisture conservation: Reduce runoff water Increase infiltration rate Increase water holding capacity of soil Water harvesting