{"id":241880,"date":"2023-05-11T12:39:51","date_gmt":"2023-05-11T07:09:51","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/blog.forumias.com\/?page_id=241880"},"modified":"2023-05-11T12:39:51","modified_gmt":"2023-05-11T07:09:51","slug":"rainfed-agriculture-atlas","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/forumias.com\/blog\/rainfed-agriculture-atlas\/","title":{"rendered":"Rainfed Agriculture Atlas"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><strong>Rainfed agriculture<\/strong> refers to the practice of cultivating crops in rainfed or rain-dependent areas, where agricultural activities primarily rely on natural rainfall for irrigation. It is a type of farming that does not rely on artificial irrigation methods, such as sprinklers, canals, or groundwater pumping.<\/p>\n<h2>Significance:<\/h2>\n<ul>\n<li>In this regard, <strong>the Rainfed Agriculture Atlas<\/strong> has been published by <strong>Revitalising Rainfed Agriculture Network (RRAN).<\/strong><\/li>\n<li>By mapping <strong>agro-biodiversity and socioeconomic factors<\/strong>, the Rainfed Agriculture Atlas strives to provide a thorough picture of rainfed agriculture areas.<\/li>\n<li>The atlas aid in the creation of more effective policies and initiatives to benefit rainfed agricultural communities by identifying gaps in government programmes and investment.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<h2>Key findings:<\/h2>\n<ul>\n<li><strong>In India, three out of every five farmers produce their crops with rainfall rather than irrigation<\/strong>. Government investment in their lands, however, maybe 20 times lower per hectare, government procurement of their products is a fraction of major irrigated land crops, and many of the government&#8217;s flagship agriculture projects are not targeted to assist them.<\/li>\n<li>Farmers in rainfed areas receive 40% less of their income from agriculture than those in irrigated areas.<\/li>\n<li><strong>The difference in yield is not proportional to the difference in investment:<\/strong>\n<ul>\n<li>Lands irrigated by large dams and canal networks receive a 5 lakh investment per acre.<\/li>\n<li>Spending on watershed management in rainfed lands is only Rs 18,000-25,000.<\/li>\n<li>In terms of procurement, the government spent 5.4 lakh crore on wheat and rice between 2001-02 and 2011-12.<\/li>\n<li>Coarse cereals, which are grown in rainfed areas, received only 3,200 crores in purchases during the same time.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n<li><strong>The government scheme lacks a customized solution:<\/strong>\n<ul>\n<li>Government flagship programmes, such as seed and fertiliser subsidies and soil health cards, are developed for irrigated areas and simply extended to rainfed farmers without taking their requirements into account.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n<li>Many hybrid seeds recognised by the government scheme require a lot of water, fertiliser, and pesticides to produce high yields, making them unsuitable for most rainfed farmers. The government does not have a system in place to channel indigenous seeds or subsidise organic manure in the same way.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<h2>Suggestions:<\/h2>\n<ul>\n<li>A <strong>differential approach<\/strong> is required to help out farmers grow rainfed crops for successful agricultural productivity.<\/li>\n<li>A\u00a0more <strong>balanced approach<\/strong> is required to provide rainfed farmers with the same research and technology focus and production support that irrigation farmers had gotten over the last few decades.<\/li>\n<li>There is a need to design <strong>better-structured interventions<\/strong> for the future so that in the long run, farmers do not leave farming as an occupation.<\/li>\n<li>As per Sabyasachi Das, coordinator of the Revitalising Rainfed Agriculture (RRA) Network, just like the ease of doing business, there is a need for ease of doing farming i.e., ease the problems of seeds, soil, and water in rainfed areas so that farmers keep engaged in agriculture.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Rainfed agriculture refers to the practice of cultivating crops in rainfed or rain-dependent areas, where agricultural activities primarily rely on natural rainfall for irrigation. It is a type of farming that does not rely on artificial irrigation methods, such as sprinklers, canals, or groundwater pumping. Significance: In this regard, the Rainfed Agriculture Atlas has been&hellip; <a class=\"more-link\" href=\"https:\/\/forumias.com\/blog\/rainfed-agriculture-atlas\/\">Continue reading <span class=\"screen-reader-text\">Rainfed Agriculture Atlas<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":10341,"featured_media":0,"parent":0,"menu_order":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","template":"","meta":{"jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false,"footnotes":""},"class_list":["post-241880","page","type-page","status-publish","hentry","entry"],"jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/forumias.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/241880","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/forumias.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/forumias.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/page"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/forumias.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/10341"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/forumias.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=241880"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/forumias.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/241880\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/forumias.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=241880"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}