Improving productivity and incomes in rainfed areas is a major challenge in India, and a key to achieving this is improving the use of land and water which are the principal constraints in these areas. A major initiative through which this is pursued in India is Watershed Development (WSD)...

In an earlier paper (Alagh, Munish, 2011) it was shown that macro economics matters in agriculture. The relevance of understanding the impact of macro-economic policy on agriculture was outlined, A forecasting exercise detailed the structure and response of supply to prices in the non foodgrain...