CONTENTS
Foreword
List of Tables and Figures
Acknowledgements
Executive Summary
Chapter I Sustainable Livelihood Approach and Dry Lands
1.0 Introduction
1.1 Challenges of Livelihoods in Dry Lands of India t
1.2 Objectives of the Study
1.3 Dry Land Areas in India
1.4 Dry Land Typologies
1.5 Basic Features of Dry Lands
1.6 Structure of the Report
Chapter II Sustainable Rural Livelihoods: Status of Assets
2.1 A Framework for Livelihoods Analysis
2.2 Asset Framework .
2.3 Methodology
2.4 Status of Assets
2.5 Different Stages of Development
2.6 Relationship between Livelihood Capitals
2.7 Summary
Chapter III Poverty in Dry Land Areas
3.1 Introduction
3.2 The Link between Poverty and Environmental Degradation
3.3 Link between Agricultural Intensification and Environmental Degradation
3.4 Programmes for Poverty Alleviation
3.5 Methodology
3.6 Poverty in Dry Land Area
3.7Environmental Degradation in Dry Landsin India
3.8 Summary
Chapter IV Agricultural Intensification in Dry Lands of India 4.1 Introduction 54
4.2 Objectives and Methodology 4.3Agricultural Intensification in Dry Lands
4.4 Cropping Pattern
4.5 Land Productivity
4.6 Summary
Chapter V Summary and Conclusions
5.1 Introduction
5.2 Dry Land Areas
5.3 Dry land Typologies 69
5.4Socio-Economic Profile of Dry Lands
5.5 Status of Assets
5.6 Poverty and Environmental Degradation
5.7Livelihood Strategies: Agriculture
5.8 Measures for Sustainable Agricultural Development and
to Alleviate Poverty
References