February 11-14, 2019

I N T E R N AT I O N A L D RY L A N DDEVELOPMENT COMMISSION

Extended Summary

Organised by

Arid Zone Research Association of India

and

International Dryland Development Commission

ICAR-Central Arid Zone Research Institute, Jodhpur, INDIA

th13 International Conferenceon Development of Drylands

Converting Dryland Areas from Grey into Green

Plenary, Evening and Lead Lecture

February 11-14, 2019

I N T E R N AT I O N A L D RY L A N DDEVELOPMENT COMMISSION

Extended Summary

Organised by

Arid Zone Research Association of India

and

International Dryland Development Commission

ICAR-Central Arid Zone Research Institute, Jodhpur, INDIA

th13 International Conferenceon Development of Drylands

Converting Dryland Areas from Grey into Green

Plenary, Evening and Lead Lecture

Published by:

Arid Zone Research Association of India, Jodhpur, India

Edited by

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R.K. Kaul

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Contents

Plenary Lecture

1. Navigating through uncertainties: Agro-ecosystems affected by dynamic impact of climate change 1Adel El-Beltagy

2. Maize and wheat science for alleviating the pressure on natural resources in drylands 5Martin Kropff

3. Role of traditional knowledge combined with innovative technologies and systems approaches in 9

achieving livelihood resilience in dry areas in the face of climate changeAbousabaa A., A. Sarker, C. Biradar, S. Kumar, Nangia V. and J. Wery

4. Gene editing for adaptation of dryland crops to changing climate 13Magdy A. Madkour

5. Sustainable intensification and diversification in drylands: Role of protected agriculture and arid horticulture 14Ayman F. Abou Hadid

6. No till-based sustainable production systems for converting dryland areas from grey into green: 17

The experience of AAPRESIDMarìa Beatriz (pilu) Giraudo

7. Conservation agriculture for sustainable intensification for dry areas 21John M. Dixon

8. Water security and sustainable growth in drylands 23Claudio Sadoff

9. Development of innovative germplasm for wheat breeding for dry and heat-prone 27

agro-environment of Sub-Saharan AfricaHisashi Tsujimoto, Yasir. S.A. Gorafi, June-Sik Kim, Awad A.E. Elbashir and Izzat S.A. Tahir

10. The Agrobiodiversity Index: How is agrobiodiversity faring in drylands? 30Richard China

11. How can we restore hundreds of millions of hectares of degraded land - and get the biggest bang for the buck? 33Dennis P Garrity

12. Sustainable land management to convert areas from grey to green 36Atsushi Tsunekawa

13. Science and policy interacted for combating desertification in China 38Tao Wang

14. Post-harvest processing, storage and marketing of dried products: Tools for the dry Chain 40Michael S. Reid, Kent J. Bradford and James F. Thompson

15. Enhancing resilience of arid lands - Indian experience 42O.P. Yadav

16. Synergy of research-technology-policy implementation for resilient rainfed-dryland production systems 45Ch Srinivasa Rao

Evening Lecture

Lead Lecture

1. Climate change as a trigger to poverty and outmigration in the dry areas 51Ismail Serageldin

2. Re-carbonizing soils of global drylands 54Rattan Lal

1. Managing increasing climatic risks in agriculture: Opprotunities and constraints 59Pramod Aggarwal

2. Climate change and the strategy of decreasing its harmful influence on agriculture in Central Asia 61

and South Caucasus countriesGuram Aleksidze

3. Climate resilient agriculture in rainfed areas: Adaptation strategies in Indian context 64

S. Bhaskar and G. Ravindra Chary

4. Resilience to changing climate in dryland agriculture: Experiences from India 67

K. Sammi Reddy

5. A crop-livestock-bioenergy system for rural farmers in South Africa 72

Mitsuru Tsubo and Mokhele Moeletsi

6. Measuring land degradation: A quantitative approach for better understanding of the problem in Thar Desert 75

Amal Kar

7. Challenges and opportunities for management of secondary salinization in arid and semi-arid climatic conditions 77

D.K. Sharma

8. Managing dryland salinity for food and environmental security: Issues and options 79

P.C. Sharma and Anshuman Singh

9. Sustainable agriculture: Key for managing land degradation and desertification 83

S.K. Singh

10. Desertification perspectives and interventional effort 85

R.P. Dhir

11. Soil management for sustainable agriculture in India 86

S.K. Chaudhari

12. Conservation agriculture for soil health and climate change mitigation 89

Ashok K. Patra, J. Somasundaram, M. Mohanty and Nishant K. Sinha

13. Conservation agriculture vis-à-vis climate smart agriculture: What can be learnt from South Asia? 92

M.L. Jat

14. Concept of negative emission of CO : Role of agriculture and forestry 952

Praveen Kumar

15. Groundwater governance and irrigated agriculture: Global review and lessons for South Asia 97

Tushaar Shah

16. More crop per drop in drylands: Technologies, policy imperatives and institutional arrangements 98

Alok K Sikka

17. Water harvesting: A key strategy for climate change adaptation in rainfed agriculture 100

B. Venkateswarlu

18. Improving water productivity through rainwater harvesting 103

S.K. Ambast

19. Improving agricultural water productivity in the Indira Gandhi Nahar Pariyojana (IGNP) 105

Vinay Nangia and Narendra Dev Yadava

20. Field crops breeding for resistance to biotic and abiotic stresses at ICARDA: Achievements and prospects 107

M. Baum, W. Tadesse, F. Bassi, M. Sanchez-Garcia, R. Verma, A. Visioni, S. Agrawal, M. El-Bouhssini,

S. Kemal, M. Malouf, A. Hamwieh A. Niane, Z. Bishaw, S. Rehman, K. Nazari, M. Keser, R. Sharma,

A. Sarker, S. Udupa, A.Al-Abdallat, A. Amri.

21. Translational genomics for improving dryland crops 108

Rajeev K. Varshney

22. Agriculture innovation - Climate ready crops 112

Usha Barwale Zehr

23. Conservation and use of plant genetic resources: Developing adapted cultivars 113

Kuldeep Singh, Gayacharan, Vandana Tyagi and Kavita Gupta

24. Abiotic stress management interventions to convert naturally less into sustainably more in dryland 118

Narendra Pratap Singh and Jagadish Rane

25. Improvement strategies for developing climate smart crop cultivars for drylands 120

Rodomiro Ortiz, Filippo Bassi, Hafssa Kabbaj, Amadou Tidiane Sall,

Habibou Gueye and Madiama Cisse

26. Climate resilient maize for drought - and heat-prone environments 123

B.M. Prasanna

27. Indian pearl millet breeding for resilience to changing climate 128

C. Tara Satyavathi

28. Diversity, conservation and uses of pasture grasses of hot arid region of India 130

R.K. Bhatt, M.P. Rajora and R.K. Kaila

29. Climate-resilient maize for stress-prone dryland system: Chasing the moving target 133

P.H. Zaidi

30. Enhancing genetic gains and resilience to climatic stresses in pearl millet 141

S.K. Gupta, Prakash I. Gangashetty and O.P. Yadav

31. Conservation and use of agrobiodiversity: Developing adapted cultivars in arid legumes 143

N.P. Singh and Aditya Pratap

32. Plant biotechnology has potential to turn grey areas into green – Evergreen 146

B. Sharma

33. Prospects of protected horticulture in arid and semi-arid regions of India 150

Balraj Singh, Santosh Choudhary and S.K. Moond

34. Horticulture based diversification: An option for enhancing farmers' income in drylands 155

P.L. Saroj and B.D. Sharma

35. Climate resilient technologies for seed spices 157

Gopal Lal, A.K. Verma and M.K. Choudhary

36. Fish farming in Egypt 162

Mohamed Fathy Osman

37. Sustainable rainfed agriculture in India: Strategies and policy framework 164

G. Ravindra Chary, S. Bhaskar, V. Ramamurthy, K.A.Gopinath and K. Sammi Reddy

38. Intensification and diversification of dryland production systems with winter pulses in South Asia 167

A. Sarker, R. Nath, O. Ali and R. Derai

39. Edible cactus for food, nutrition and environmental security in dry areas 169

Gurbachan Singh

40. Sustainable grassland management, livestock production and ecosystem services in arid and semiarid tropics 173

P.K. Ghosh and S.K. Mahanta

41. Small ruminant production in dryland India: Status, challenges and opportunities 176

Arun Kumar, S.S. Misra, I.S. Chauhan and G.R. Gowane

42. Agroforestry for development of dry Areas 183

Javed Rizvi

43. Therapeutic utility of desert camel in using milk as functional food and using camelid 184

nanobody in immunotherapy

N.V. Patil, Devendra Kumar, Raghevendra Singh, S.D. Narnaware, Shelesh Kumar Swami,

Govindasamy Nagarajan and A.K. Patel

44. Renewable energy programme and policies of India 190

J.S. Samra

45. Post harvest-harvest management and value chain for dry land horticulture 198

S.N. Jha and R. Kumar

46. Solar drying of fruit and vegetables: Innovations and prospects 200

Dilip Jain

47. Post-harvest interventions in millets for creation of demand 203

B. Dayakar Rao

48. Solar PV options for farmers in arid agriculture: Agri-voltaic system and solar pumps 206

Priyabrata Santra

49. Small farm mechanization in Egypt 209

Abdel-Ghany Mohamed EL-Gindy

50. An integrative approach for facing climate change challenges 211

Aliaa R. Rafea

51. Policy, institutions and markets for sustainable livelihood opportunities in arid agriculture 213

Raka Saxena and Suresh Pal

52. Empowering small-scale farmers and women by enhancing food security in the marginalized 215

Environments of the Aral Sea Basin

Kristina Toderich, Atsushi Tsunekawa, Hasan Boboev, Farida Kadirkhodjaeva and Botir Dosov

53. Community-based landscape management for sustainable livelihoods in drylands 218

Konda Chavva

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