The current trend in Indian Economy reveals that the excessive dependence on agriculture as a source of livelihood is on continuous (steady) decline and rural employment base has accordingly witnessed a modest degree of diversification. In this paper it has been attempted to review the...

A five-year study (2001 to 2006) was undertaken in semiarid regions to identify the cropping systems which may be more remunerative, ecofriendly and sustainable over existing cropping systems and are farmer-friendly, so that they may be convinced to shift to the new cropping systems to maintain...