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Drought impacts and adaptation strategies for agriculture and rural livelihood in Maharashtra State of India

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posted on 2025-05-10, 10:37 authored by Parmeshwar D. Udmale, Yutaka Ichikawa, Anthony KiemAnthony Kiem, Sudhindra N. Panda
Nearly one-sixth of India is defined as a Drought Prone Area, and as such recurring drought is one of the major challenges in the region. This article focuses on various drought impacts in an important state of India (i.e. Maharashtra State), which contributes about 15% of the country's gross domestic product (GDP). Drought impacts vary from region to region, but the overall issues are similar and Maharashtra State is indicative of the rest of the Drought Prone Area of the country. This article briefly reviews the major impacts of the 2012 drought on Maharashtra State¿s water resources, agriculture, food security, adopted adaptation and mitigation measures and also outlines scope for future research.

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Journal title

The Open Agriculture Journal

Volume

8

Pagination

41-47

Publisher

Sharajah, United Arab Emirates

Language

  • en, English

College/Research Centre

Faculty of Science and Information Technology

School

School of Environmental and Life Sciences

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