At present, there is no comprehensive text book on Soil Water Conservation and Dry Farming and applied aspects suitable for farmers. This book will provide comprehensive information on the subject matter and fulfil the needs of students and other professionals. This is a book containing all sorts of chapters: Introduction, Soil Development and Survey, Soil Water Relationship, Role of Water, Hydrological Cycle, Soil Conservation, Moisture Stress and Conservation in Dry Lands, Drought and Agricultural Drought, Watershed Management, Development of Dryland Agriculture in India, Researches in Dry Farming for Increased Productivity, Waste Land Management, Agroforestry and Social Forestry, Agronomic Measures in Soil and Water Conservation, Dry Farming, Recommendations for Dry Farming, Future Prospects and Conclusion

Though this book primarily written to serve as a text book/reference for the students in UG and PG levels of agronomy, soil science and engineering students, a reference for research scientists and teachers in the areas of crop production, integrated farming systems, dry land agriculture, cropping systems, production technology management under different situations, soil fertility management.

This book will also serve as a guide to extension officials of the department of agnculture and soil and water conservation engineering. A valuable reference for the candiaates preparing Agricultural Research Services and other competitive examinations. Professional Institutions in Soil Conservation, Krishi Vigyna Kendras and Rural Institutions and similar other Institutions would find this book very much helpful. The farmers may refer this book to practice dry farming and cropping systems with soil and water conservation as the considerable emphasis is placed for obtaining maximum profitable production per unitarea per unit time.