AGRICULTURE AND ENVIRONMENT IN THAR DESERT

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---------- ARID REGION FACES DOUBLE VULNERABILITY TOCLIMATE CHANGE & HUMAN PRESSURE -----WATER, TEMPERATURE AND ATMOSPHERIC CO 2LEVEL ARE CRUCIALEVEN A 5% DIFFERENCE IN CLIMATE TO IMPACT CROP PRODUCTIONTECHNOLOGIES DEVELOPED FOR CURRENT AGRO-CLIMATE INADEQUATETO MEET EMERGING DEMANDS FROM RAINFALL, TEMPERATUREIMBALANCE DURING GROWING PERIODSGROUNDWATER DEPLETION, REDUCED CANAL DISCHARGE AND MARKETFORCES PUTTING HIGHER STRESS ON AGRICULTURELIVESTOCK PRODUCTION SYSTEM ALWAYS BAILED OUT THE REGIONFROM DROUGHT, BUT NEVER RECEIVED SUPPORT TO BECOME ANIMPORTANT DRIVER OF ECONOMYNEEDED: MARKET-ORIENTED INDUSTRIAL OUTLOOK FOR LIVESTOCK-BASED FARMING; BIOTECHNOLOGY-MEDIATED CONSERVATIONAGRICULTURE; WATER USE EFFICIENCY; PRODUCT PROCESSING; VALUECHAIN
Page 3 and 4: Annual rainfall (mm)900800700600500
Page 6: A Traditional Subsistence Farming S
Page 9: 60LA ND USE IN W ESTERN RA JA STHA
Page 12 and 13: CHANGE IN SAND REACTIVATION1/1973 t
Page 15 and 16: YEAR : 1977WATERLOGGING INBAROPAL -
Page 20 and 21: 75.58%12.05%4.99%CENTRAL ARID ZONE
Page 22 and 23: LIKELYCHANGES INANNUALTEMPERATUREIN
Page 24 and 25: FLOOD-GENERATING RAIN
Page 28 and 29: WESTERN RAJASTHANAGRICULTURAL INCOM
Page 30 and 31: CROP DIVERSIFICATIONMIXEDFARMINGPea
Page 32 and 33: Fruit Production in Rajasthan: 33,5
Page 34 and 35: RESEARCH TO ADDRESS CLIMATE CHANGE

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