Rainfed Area Systems

                Rainfed area not  only constitute about three-fourth of land mass under arid , semi-arid and dry humid zones , but also account for nearly   55% of agricultural land spread across large parts of the country.

              Realizing importance of rainfed areas, a fresh flux of interest has been calibrated into programmes/ schemes focusing on three important dimensions like ecological restoration, productivity enhancement and drought mitigation.

·                            National Watershed Development Project for Rainfed Areas (NWDPRA): This was launched in 1990-91 in 28 States and 2 UTs based on twin concepts of integrated watershed management and sustainable farming systems.  NWDPRA scheme has been subsumed in Macro Management of Agriculture scheme since 2000-01,