Drought Mitigation and Management
Contents: 1. Drought : basic concepts/K.J. Ananda Kumar, Suresh Kumar and S.P.S. Tanwar. 2. Drought – indicators, indices and monitoring checklist/R.K. Goyal, K.J. Ananda Kumar and S.P.S. Tanwar. 3. Monitoring and early warning system in drought management/A.T. Jeyaseelan. 4. Weather forecast and agromet advisory services for drought management/D.V. Singh. 5. Use of remote sensing in drought assessment and monitoring in Western Rajasthan/P.C. Moharana. 6. Drought vulnerability and adaptation/K.D. Sharma. 7. Climate change and drought/Uday Burman. 8. Agro meteorological observatory/H.M. Meena. 9. Soil management strategies to improve moisture availability/D.K. Painuli. 10. Water harvesting for drought management in hot arid zone of India/R.K. Goyal. 11. In situ moisture conservation for mitigating drought/R.K. Singh. 12. Strategies for limited water use in field crops/Anurag Saxena. 13. Development of drought tolerant crop varieties /R. K. Bhatt and Ramavtar Sharma. 14. Contingency crop planning for drought management/T.K. Bhati. 15. Eco-Technologies for drought mitigation/Arun K. Sharma. 16. drought proofing through dryland horticulture/P.R. Meghwal and Akath Singh. 17. Managing vegetable crops during drought/Akath Singh and Pradeep Kumar. 18. Agroforestry and integrated farming system/S.P.S. Tanwar and J.C. Tewari. 19. Managing grazing lands for drought mitigation/J.P. Singh, Suresh Kumar and V.S. Rathore. 20. Livestock management in drought/A.K. Mishra. 21. Quality planting material production options and potential towards drought mitigation/P. Ratha Krishnan. 22. Wind erosion hazard during drought and its mitigation/Priyabrata Santra, Suresh Kumar and S. Poonia. 23. Socio-economic impacts of drought in India/Khem Chand and Nagaratna Biradar. 24. Ensuring livelihood security during drought/Suresh Kumar.
Drought is a natural hazard characterized by lower than expected or lower than normal rainfall having slow but widespread impact. This book focus on drought management and mitigation in agriculture and allied sectors. The chapters cover Basic concepts, assessment, monitoring, forecasting, early warning, vulnerability and adaptation to drought and mitigation and management strategies. Management of different land use systems under drought and finally socio economic impact and livelihood issues of drought are also focussed. It would be useful to a wide range of stakeholders, i.e. planners, researchers, students and interested public. This will also serve as text book as well as supplementary reading for courses in agronomy, ecology, geography and agro meteorology besides administration and disaster management units.
