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Audience
This course is meant for farmers, students and those interested in agriculture to acquaint with drought and coping with this natural hazard.
Structure
This course is divided into lesson modules and specific lessons within each module.
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Virtual Academy for the Semi Arid TropicsCoping with Drought
Course on Coping with Drought
After completing 5 Modules in this Course you have learned to:
• Define drought• Explain the causes for drought• List the features of drought• Recognize the impact of drought on agriculture, livestock, economy of farmers and a country, environment, and society• Identify methods to monitor drought• Design plans to mitigate drought• Recall drought in Maharashtra State
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Course on Coping with Drought
The 5 Modules in this Course are:
Module I: About Drought
Module II: Impact of Drought
Module III: Monitoring Drought
Module IV: Reducing Risk from Drought
Module V: Drought Scenario in Maharashtra
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Virtual Academy for the Semi Arid TropicsDrought in Maharashtra
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Drought in Maharashtra
In the last Module in this course on “Coping with Drought”, the drought occurrence in Maharashtra is briefly described with a short introduction about drought in India.
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Drought in Maharashtra
After completing this Module you have learned to:
• Recognize the occurrence of drought in India and Maharashtra.• Locate drought prone areas in India and Maharashtra.• Describe the rainfall features in Maharashtra that leads to drought in Maharashtra.
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Drought in Maharashtra
Drought is not only a periodic phenomenon in India but also a permanent, harsh reality for many rural poor.
Almost 70 percent of the country is considered drought-prone due to weak or irregular monsoon seasons.
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Drought in Maharashtra
In India
• 33% area receives rainfall less than 750 mm – Chronically drought prone;
• 35% area receives rainfall between 750 – 1000 mm - Drought prone;
• 68 to 70% area of the country prone to drought in varying degrees.
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Drought in Maharashtra
India receives its annual rainfall in 4 spells
Pre-monsoon rains Mar-May 10.4%
South-west monsoon June-Sept 73.3%
North-east monsoon Oct-Dec 13.3%
Winter rains Jan-Feb 3.0%
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Drought in Maharashtra
India has faced three major droughts in the 20th century- 1904-1905,1965-66 and 1986-87. The 1987 drought was known as the drought of the Century and had a lasting impact on one-third of the country.
All four years i.e. 2000 to 2003 in the recent 21st century are drought years in India.
Reported drought events in IndiaPeriod Drought years Period Drought years1801-1825 1801,4,6,12,19,25
1901-1925 1901,4,5,7,11,18,20
1826-1850 1832, 33,37
1926-1950 1939,41
1851-1875 1853,60,62,66,68,73
1951-1975 1951,65,66,71,72,74
1876-1900 1877,83,91,97,99
1975-2000 1977,78,79,82,83,85,87,88,92
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Drought in Maharashtra
Thirteen states in India are declared as chronically drought prone areas.
States Districts
Andhra PradeshAnantapur, Chittoor, Cuddapah, Hyderabad, Kurnool, Mehaboobnagar, Nalgonda, Prakasam
Bihar Munger, Nawadah, Palamau, Rphtas, Bhojpur, Aurangabad, Gaya
GujaratAhmedabad, Amrely,Banaskanta, Bhavanagar, Bharuch, Jamnagar, Kheda, Kutch, Meshana, Panchmahal, Rajkot, Surendranagar
Haryana Bhiwani, Gurgao, Mahendragarh, RohtakJammu & Kashmir Doda, Udhampur
KarnatakaBangalore, Belgaum, Bellary, Bijapur, Chitradurga, Chickmangalur, Dharwad, Gulbarga, Hassan, Kolar, Mandya, Mysore, Raichur, Tumkur
Madhya PradeshBetul, Datia, Dewas, Dhar, Jhabuva, Khandak, Khargaon, Shahdol, Shahjapur, Sidhi, Ujjain
MaharashtraAhmednagar, Aurangabad, Beed, Nanded, Nashik, Osmanabad, Pune, Parbhani, Sangli, Satara, Sholapur
Orissa Phulbani, Kalakhandi, Bolangir, Kendrapada,
RajasthanAjmeer, Banaswada, Barmer, Chiru, Dungarpur, Jaisalmeer, Jalore, Jhunjhunu, Jodhpur, Nagaur, Pali, Udaipur
TamilnaduCoimbator, Dharmapuri, Madurai, Ramanathapuram, Salem, Tiruchirapalli, Tirunelveli, Kanyakumari
Uttar Pradesh Allahabad, Banda, Hamirpur, Jalan, Mirzapur, Varanasi
West Bengal Bankura, Midnapur, Purulia
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Drought in Maharashtra
Maharashtra State, has a tropical climate.
About 70 per cent of Maharashtra land area is hot semi-arid to arid, supporting agriculture that is largely dependent upon monsoon rainfall.
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Drought in Maharashtra
The annual rainfall in Maharashtra state varies from 400 mm to 6000 mm.The average annual rainfall is around 1300 mm.
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Drought in Maharashtra
About 85% rainfall is received during southwest monsoon confined to only 3 to 4 months (June to September) of the year.
The number of rainy days generally vary from 40 in the scarcity zone to 100 in the heavy rainfall zone.
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Average Anual Rainfall in mm
4000 – 8000 1000 - 1200
2000 – 4000 800 – 1000
1600 – 2000 600 – 800
1200 – 1600 0 – 600Annual RainfallIn Maharashtra
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Drought in Maharashtra
The Deccan plateau of Maharashtra constitutes 50% of the drought-prone area of the state.
12% of the population lives in drought-prone areas.
Once in 5 years, deficient rainfall is reported. Severe drought conditions occur once every 8-9 years.
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Drought in Maharashtra
In terms of severity, Western Maharashtra has been the worst affected region, with almost all the districts except Kolhapur reeling under the impact of drought.
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Drought in Maharashtra
In Marathwada, Osmanabad and Beed Districts are more seriously affected, whereas in Khandesh, Ahmednagar Districts are prone to frequent spells of drought.
There are, however, inter-district and intra-district variations in the severity and extent of the drought with some Taluka more affected than others.
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Drought in Maharashtra
For more information on drought in India and Maharashtra, please browse the following Web Sites:
http://www.csre.iitb.ac.in/rn/resume/drought/dim.html
http://www.maharashtra.gov.in/reliefRehab/situation.htm
This concludes the Module V on “Drought Scenario in Maharashtra”.
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With this Module the course on Coping with Drought also concludes. If you would like to go through this course
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