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Types of Drought in India
Agricultural drought: Inadequate soil moisture resulting in acute crop stress and fall in agricultural productivity Earlier years of all-India drought 1987, 1979, 1972. Drought 2001-2002 Drought ...
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Drought Royal Meteorological Society UK, Weather and Climate
Environmentalist » Vocational Qualifications » The MetLink Weather Project » Online Shop Drought What is a drought? There is no simple answer to this question. Dictionaries and glossaries tell us ... as agricultural drought, or a shortage during the winter run-off and percolation season that affects the supply of water for domestic and industrial use, something known as hydrological drought. When ...
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Climate Prediction Center -
National Drought Monitor and National Drought Outlook. An objective way to classify drought is to use drought indices. For meteorological drought, the Standardized Precipitation Index (SPI) is used to measure precipitation deficits. The Standardized Runoff Index (SRI), similar to the SPI, is used to classify hydrological drought. Agricultural drought ...
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Climate Prediction Center - Monitoring & Data: Drought Monitoring
Drought Indicator Blends - The CPC also produces two experimental drought blend maps, featuring a long-term drought blend of indices designed to better depict hydrological drought and a short-term blend to depict agricultural drought ...
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Marin Agricultural Land Trust
Over the years, EllenÂ’s tireless efforts won widespread recognition, which she used ... raindrops from a drought-breaking winter storm. For all her numerous environmental endeavors, Ellen may be remembered most for co-founding, with friend Phyllis Faber, the Marin Agricultural Land Trust ...
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USDA Foreign Agricultural Service (FAS) - Homepage
Promoting Agricultural Trade and Investment (2008) Cochran Fellowship Program - Training Agricultural Leaders (2008) Latest U.S. Agricultural Trade Data (08/12/08) Afghanistan: Severe Drought Causes ... Export Regulations FAS Home | USDA.gov | Economic Research Service (ERS) | World Agricultural Outlook Board (WAOB) | Trade Links | FOIA Accessibility Statement | Privacy Policy | Non-Discrimination ...
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USDA Foreign Agricultural Service (FAS) - What's New —
New Newsroom What's New - August 2008 Latest U.S. Agricultural Trade Data (08/12/08) Afghanistan: Severe Drought Causes Major Decline in 2008/09 Wheat Production (08/12/08) ... ) Success Stories Trade Capacity Building in Central America (2008) Promoting Agricultural Trade and Investment (2008) Cochran Fellowship Program - Training Agricultural Leaders (2008) Schafer: Doha Round Is At An Impasse Not ...
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Natural Hazards.org: Investigate: Drought
One of the greatest threats to humans from a drought occurs when agricultural regions receive unusually low amounts of rain, causing vegetation to become dry. When ... can pose an immediate threat to agricultural productivity and threaten human health. With global warming, droughts are expected to become a major problem for several agricultural regions. In semi-arid and ...
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Oxfam's Cool Planet - On the Line - teachers' resources - secondary - Drought, nomads and the price of peanuts
Cool Planet - On the Line - teachers' resources - secondary - Drought, nomads and the price of peanuts Drought, nomads and the price of peanuts Issues: Land use and trade Description: Using ... groundnuts (peanuts). It offers one example of the difficulties brought about by a modern agricultural model in circumstances which are ecologically fragile. Key questions: • Are droughts and famines natural ...
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Health effects of drought
Warming More content When we talk about the impacts the drought has on the population of Australia, we think of reduced agricultural production and financial losses, of water shortage and suffering cattle ... society where such impacts don't occur. Our mental image is of poor people in drought-stricken African countries. A recent study conducted by the University of Nebraska, US, proves otherwise ...
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