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<?php include("session.php"); include("header.php"); ?> <title>Drought Management Support System</title> </head> <form action="drought_india.php?name=<?php echo $var ?>" method="post" > <body> <table style="text-align: left; width: 98%; height: 10%; margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;" border="0" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0"> <tr> <td background="image/back1.jpg"><table width="99%" border="0"> <tr> <td valign="top"><table width="98%" border="0"> <tr> <td><p align="justify"><span class="style3"><strong>Drought in India</strong></span></p> <p align="justify"> <br /> <span class="style11"> India is predominantly an agrarian country as more than 70% of its population is dependent on agriculture. Due to the vagaries of rainfall, more than 68% of the net sown area in the country is drought prone, out of which 50% is severe in nature. The country experiences drought every 2 to3 years in one part or other (Parasuraman et al.,2000).<br /> The nation experienced phenomenal drought condition in the years 1972, 1979 and 1989 (C.S.E,2001). UNICEF reported that; an estimated 130 million people - 15 percent of the population - in more than 70,000 villages and 230 urban centres were at risk due to severe drought and resultant crop failure in India during years 1998-2000 (Unicef,2000). <br /> In India, Department of Agriculture and Cooperation and Department of Space sponsored the remote sensing application mission on drought, which is being executed by National Remote Sensing Agency with participation by Indian Meteorological Department (IMD), Central Water Commission (CWC) and concerned state government agencies. The focus is on assessment of agricultural drought conditions. The project leads to the development of National Agricultural Drought Assessment and Monitoring System (NADAMS). NADAMS used fortnightly NDVI images derived from NOAA AVHRR during its first phase to assess drought in a district level with a turn around time of less than two days. The second phase attempted sub district level monitoring and the current phase uses high resolution satellite data for crop specific and comprehensive monitoring.</span></p> <br><br><br></td> <td width="40%"><br><br><br><br><div align="right"><img src="image/india-map.gif" alt="" width="90%" height="80%" align="middle"></div></td> </tr> </table> <p align="justify"> </p> </td> </tr> </table></td> </tr> </table> </body> </html> <?php include("footer.php"); ?>