**3.6 Production technology**

The production technologies of sewan grass are different from other arable crops grown under rainfed condition of western Rajasthan because of perennial nature (up to 15 to 20 years after sowing). The grass takes 2–3 years of its development to attain optimum yield and continued for 15 years or more. Generally, the non-cultivable wastelands used for production of sewan grass, which fall under class VIII of Land Use Capability Classification. Packages and practices to be use for production of sewan grass are described in **Table 5**. To mitigate the effect of drought and moisture scarcity adoption of soil-moisture conservation measures are very crucial tools that are presented in **Table 2**.
