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Genome-wide identification and functional characterization of PP2C genes in the wild relative of sweet potato Ipomoea trifida. [PDF]
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Agricultural Drought in Ethiopia
2005In Ethiopia, 85% of the population is engaged in agriculture (CSA, 1999). Agriculture supplies a significant proportion of the raw materials for the agro-industries, and accounts for 52% of the gross product and 90% of the export earnings. A wide range of climatic, ecological, and socioeconomic diversities influence Ethiopian agriculture.
Engida Mersha, Vijendra K. Boken
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Agricultural Drought in Bangladesh
2005Bangladesh is globally known as a flood-vulnerable country—an almost flat land with too much water. In terms of annual per capita availability of water resources, it ranks among the highest in the world. But a lesserknown disaster that affects a significant proportion of its fertile land is drought.
Ahsan U. Ahmed, Anwar Iqbal
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Agricultural Drought in Indonesia
2005Indonesia is the largest archipelago in the world and comprises 5 main islands and about 30 smaller archipelagos. In total, there are 13,667 islands and islets, of which approximately 6,000 are inhabited. The estimated area of the Republic of Indonesia is 5,193,250 km2, which consists of a land territory of slightly more than 2,000,000 km2 and a sea ...
Rizaldi Boer, Arjunapermal R. Subbiah
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Agricultural Drought in Vietnam
2005Vietnam is located between 8°22'N and 23°22'N latitude and between 102°10'E and 109°21'E longtitude. The country has a geographical area > 333,000 km2 and a coastline > 3000 km long. Vietnam is situated in the typhoon center of the East Sea (Bien Dong), which is one of the five largest typhoon centers of the world, and it has a complicated ...
Nguyen van Viet, Vijendra K. Boken
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Capability of existing drought indices in reflecting agricultural drought in China
Journal of Geophysical Research: Biogeosciences, 2020<p>A variety of drought indices have been constructed to monitor agricultural drought using ground and satellite data. Our study aimed to evaluate the performance of drought indices to indicate agricultural drought in China. Seven drought indices of four types were selected over the main agricultural regions of China: indices ...
Zhe Zhao, Kaicun Wang
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Sahel drought: Meteorological or agricultural?
International Journal of Climatology, 1989AbstractMeteorological definitions of drought are deemed to reveal little of the effects of water deficiencies upon the inhabitants of arid regions. An agricultural definition of drought is obtained using a water‐balance model of the moisture available to millet (Pennisetum typhoides).The model accepts inputs of rainfall, potential evapotranspiration ...
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Monitoring and Predicting Agricultural Drought
2005Agricultural droughts affect whole societies, leading to higher food costs, threatened economies, and even famine. In order to mitigate such effects, researchers must first be able to monitor them, and then predict them; however no book currently focuses on accurate monitoring or prediction of these devastating kinds of droughts. To fill this void, the
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Droughts, Distress, and Policies for Drought-Proofing Agriculture in Bihar, India [PDF]
, 2019 Climate change-related weather shocks are becoming more frequent in India, and poor, agrarian populations are the most vulnerable to these vagaries of weather. This study was undertaken to assess if the various drought-proofing and drought-relief programs are effective in mitigating the impact of droughts on crop production and household consumption in
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