- 45% of the cultivable land which cannot easily be irrigated and depend solely on rainfall is known as dryland in our country.
- Unlike the cultivation of irrigated lands, dryland farming poses different challenges.
a) Conserving rainfall that the area receives is the first step. This is done through watershed development programme which includes afforestation, bunding, building check-dams, and tanks.
b) Fertility of the soil needs to be raised by adding organic manure.
c) Farmers may also need new varieties of seeds suitable for different regions, knowledge about the best ways of growing a mix of crops on the same land etc. Hence farming in dryland is different from other areas.
