climate
type: Concept
narrower: dryland farming

concepts
type: Collection
type: ConceptGroup
member: dryland farming

dryland farming
type: Concept
broader: movements and regulations
broader: climate
definition: Dryland farming is rainfed agriculture in arid or semi-arid areas, and growing crops and raising livestock without irrigation in semiarid and dry subhumid areas with minimal rainfall. Because dryland farming systems depend on rain and snow for their necessary moisture, they differ from arid zone systems, where irrigation is necessary, and from humid zone systems, where moisture is adequate or surplus for crops. [Source: Encyclopedia of Environment and Society; Dryland Farming]

movements and regulations
type: Concept
narrower: dryland farming