A region is classified as rainfed, if assured irrigation is not provided to majority of the net sown area. It is an interrelation of production systems, natural resources and people's livelihoods in rainfed regions.
In India they cover around 180 districts and exist in all agro-climatic regions but are mostly concentrated in the arid and semi-arid area. About 61 per cent of India’s farmers rely on rain-fed agriculture and 55 per cent of the gross cropped area is under rain-fed farming.
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