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Monitoring Agricultural Drought in China

2005
Droughts account for more than half of the total number of natural disasters faced by China. Serious droughts impact industrial production, water supply, people’s lives, and the ecological environment, which causes significant losses to the national economy.
Guoliang Tian, Vijendra K. Boken
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Monitoring Agricultural Drought in Russia

2005
Drought has been posing serious problems for agricultural production in Russia. A well-known Russian scientist, Vavilov (1931), noted that droughts characterize Russian farming. Recently, in some Russian Federation regions, there has been a high probability of severe or extremely severe droughts (Pasechnyuk et al., 1977; ARRIAM, 2000; Kleschenko, 2000;
Alexander D. Kleschenko, Erodi K. Zoidze
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Operative Approach to Agricultural Drought Risk Management

Journal of Irrigation and Drainage Engineering, 2009
In a companion paper, the agricultural drought economic risk assessment (ADERA) model was described.
TODISCO, Francesca, VERGNI, LORENZO, MANNOCCHI, Francesco   +2 more
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Food and Agriculture Organization and Agricultural Droughts

2005
The Food and Agriculture Organization (FAO) of the United Nations was founded in 1945 with a mandate to raise levels of nutrition and standards of living, to improve agricultural productivity, and to improve the condition of rural populations in the world.
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Monitoring Agricultural Drought in Australia

2005
Since European settlement of Australia began in 1788, drought has been viewed as a major natural threat. Despite warnings by scientists (e.g., Ratcliffe, 1947) and many public inquiries, government policies have, in the past, encouraged closer land settlement and intensification of cropping and grazing during wetter periods.
Kenneth A. Day, Kenwyn G. Rickert
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Monitoring Agricultural Drought in Poland

2005
Poland is situated in the Great European Plain between the Baltic Sea and the Carpathian and Sudety mountains. Its territory includes lowlands (91.3%), highlands (7.7%), and mountains (1%). Most of Poland’s soils are light soils of podsolic origin, which are usually of poor quality.
Zbigniew Bochenek, Katarzyna Dabrowska-Zielinska   +1 more
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Agricultural droughts in the tropics

Theoretical and Applied Climatology, 1986
Irregular droughts are the main reason for serious yield reductions in tropical agriculture, with sometimes very serious consequences. These “agricultural droughts” are defined and delimited in relation to normal rainfall conditions, to which traditional agricultural production systems are fully adapted. Examples from East Africa and Malaysia, tropical
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Drought Relief and Agricultural Rehabilitation

Disasters, 1980
This paper is based on the experiences of the author working in drought relief programmes in N.E. Africa and in marginal rainfall areas of India. It is intended to provide suggestions and guidelines for workers involved at an initial stage in a drought where there may be early opportunities for short term crop production programmes, and longer term ...
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Techniques to Predict Agricultural Droughts

2005
In general, the techniques to predict drought include statistical regression, time series, stochastic (or probabilistic), and, lately, pattern recognition techniques. All of these techniques require that a quantitative variable be identified to define drought, with which to begin the process of prediction.
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The Impact of Drought on Agricultural Production and Agricultural Adaptation to Drought

Drought is a significant natural disaster that seriously impacts agriculture and is becoming an increasingly prevalent issue worldwide. The effects of this disaster on agriculture present severe challenges both in terms of productivity and agricultural sustainability. Consequently, adaptation measures to combat drought are of great importance.
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