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Agricultural Production Through Milli-Watershed Programme under Rajiv Gandhi Watershed Mission

H.P. Singh, C.P. Pachauri, B.S. Gupta and M.K. Shrivastava

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Soil erosion has taken place at very high pace and million of tones of soil have been washed away from hills. The rainfed area which constitutes about 63% percent of the cultivated land account for only 45% of total food production. The National Agriculture Policy of India has emphasized to attain a growth rate of 4% per annum in the Agriculture Sector. So Government of India with the world Bank has started Pilot Project of 5 years duration. Madhya Pradesh is the second largest rain-fed farming state of the country. The water shed programme endeavors to improve and sustain production and productivity in all categories of land

Keyword: Water shed; Awareness; Pa

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