Farmers’ Concern about Drought, their Perception and Remedial Measures to Maintain Crop Productivity

Puja Bishnoi; M.K. Khandelwal; Subodh K. Bishnoi

Year: 2016
Volume: 31
Issue: 2

Farmers’ Concern about Drought, their Perception and Remedial Measures to Maintain Crop Productivity

Author:
Puja Bishnoi¹, M.K. Khandelwal², Subodh K. Bishnoi³
Total Page Count: 7
DOI: 10.5958/2231-6701.2016.00019.1
Page Number: 20 to 26

¹Govt. National College, Sirsa-125 004, Haryana

²Rajasthan University, Jaipur-302 004, Rajasthan

³S.K. Rajasthan Agricultural University, Sriganganagar-335 001, Rajasthan

Online published on 22 September, 2017.

Abstract

Present study covers three aspects viz., environmental, ecological and socio-economic problems in rural areas of Bhiwani District of Haryana (India) due to aridity and consistent drought. Also different perception of local people about the causes of drought-Reality vs. Myth, migration of local people to industrial areas and increasing small land holdings due to increasing population, remedial measures undertaken to cop-up with the situation.

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Drought, perception, rainfed farming, remedial, traditional knowledge

Farmers’ Concern about Drought, their Perception and Remedial Measures to Maintain Crop Productivity

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