MGNREGA uplifts villages in drought-prone Bundelkhand
Meegni and Himmatpura in Bundelkhand region have used the scheme to build check dams, water harvesting structures
Book Excerpt: How Odisha achieved the seemingly impossible feat of ‘Water for All’
A state once infamous for drought is now providing international standard drinking water to lakhs of homes, with an aim to do so for every household
Climate change: Over a million farming households face acute food shortage in Zambia, warns Oxfam
A severe drought, worsened by climate change & El Nino, has caused massive crop failures for half of the nation’s planted area
Major droughts make women 35 per cent more likely to be underweight: New study
Teenage pregnancy & intimate partner violence also grew after drought episodes
सूखे की राह पर पानी वाली धरती
भारत में पिछले चार दशक में करीब एक तिहाई जैव-विविधता से भरे वेटलैंड्स शहरीकरण और कृषि भूमि के विस्तार में गुम हो गए
Drought emergency declared by 23 countries in 2022-23, shows global drought map
1.84 billion people were drought stricken, out of which 4.7% exposed to severe or extreme drought
Drought in the Amazon can cause local caiman extirpations, spike human-caiman conflict
Drought conditions have previously been cited as a potential factor in increased alligator attacks on humans
Strong nexus between land use and drought: UNCCD report
It also called for the management of land and drought to be fundamentally linked
Drought in Bikaner: Cattle die of starvation, fodder costlier by over 150%
West Rajasthan stares at drought, records rainfall deficit of 24% till September 7
Drought scare looms large over a fifth of India
Till 2020, 7.86% of India’s land was under drought-like conditions
Kenya drought: Half the country to experience food insecurity till December 2021
The drought will put around 2 million people in need of assistance till December
Unusual spring heatwave in Spain portends drought conditions in coming months
The country has been suffering from drought since summer last year
The first megadrought of the 21st century
Just what is a megadrought and why is the American West experiencing it
Climate change is real: Severe drought hits Assam’s wet regions
Never seen a drought of this magnitude, claim farmers; paddy crop affected
Kerala, Karnataka cannot avail drought assistance despite being stricken by drought
The Central government’s new definitions of drought are acting as impediments
Drought reduces forest’s capacity to absorb carbon
The new study focused on the Amazon Basin finds reduction in tree growth after drought
Drought but why
It is time we understood that since drought is human-made it can be reversed
US loses more than 10 million trees to California drought
Trees that have been left dead by the drought may lead to forest fires
Megadrought demystified
Two major lakes dried up in Africa in the most severe drought recorded in 50,000 years
Drought and El Nio
Are periods of drought in India linked to cyclical weather patterns
Clueless in drought
Everybody loves a good drought. Few understand it. Especially the Indian media
A way out of drought
Despite the government sinking crores, plight of the drought-affected people remains unchanged
Drought monitoring: Untapped data
Government does little with records that could help reduce effect of drought on agriculture
The drought food
The ker plant signifies drought to people in the desert. It also provides food to survive on
Reservoirs less than half full, water only for drinking: North Karnataka grapples with drought impact
Industries and agriculture are expected to be impacted the most