Drought is one of the important natural disasters which lead to maximum severity to human
among all others. The vulnerability increases with the resource poor nature of developing …

Drought a climatic aberration, one of the primary reasons for widespread poverty and
environmental degradation has significant, adverse socio-economic and environmental …

Drought is one of the most disastrous among the different natural hazards, as it inflicts untold
miseries on the human society. According to National Commission on Agriculture (1976) …

Aberrant weather is a part of agriculture in India affecting its production. Drought and floods
are the result of this aberrant weather making agriculture one of the weather sensitive …

The frequency and intensity of droughts have been elevated in the present century in India,
and in 2016 alone, about 330 million people spread across 10 Indian states had affected by …

Drought can be defined as adverse moisture index or adverse water balance, which may be
due to generally a prolonged dry spell or insufficient rainfall. If dry weather persists and …

Drought is temporary reduction in water or moisture availability significantly below the
normal amount for a specific period. It is a climatic anomaly characterized by deficient supply …

Abstract Number of drought-induced natural disasters has grown significantly as a result of
increasing vulnerability to extended periods of precipitation deficiency. Although drought …

Alarge section of the world's population is vulnerable to drought, a terrible natural disaster,
especially those who live in semi-arid and dry areas. In the last 40 years, the percentage of …

The agriculture sector is the backbone of Indian economy, which contributes a major share
of GDP of the country. Last few decades agriculture losses have grown due to irregularity in …