The Problem Of The Crisis Of Bundelkhand Region Is Affected By The Menace Of Droughts Since Over A Decade

The aridity maps was prepared by using De Martonne’s Aridity Index, Thornthwaite’s Precipitation Effectiveness Index, Thornthwaite’s Moisture Index, UNESCO Aridity Index and Erinc Aridity Index. These indices showed that most of the southern parts of the country lie between arid to hyper arid where as northern parts lie between semi arid to very humid zone (Fig-3). Analysis shows the climate of northern parts is more variable as compare to southern parts. The reason in the variability of the climate in the northern parts is that this region received rainfall in summer due to monsoon systems (July to September) and in winter due to western disturbances (December to March). Southern parts of the country receive most

Water is an essential resource to sustain life. From 50 - 90 percent of the weight of living organisms is water. Water is the major constituent of living matter. Water, essential for growth of all crops, is the natural resource in shortest supply. More than 20 countries lack sufficient water to grow enough food for their people. The situation is getting worse as needs for water rise along with population growth, urbanization and increases in household and industrial uses. According to a UN report two-thirds of mankind will suffer moderate to severe water crisis within next 30 years if remedial steps are not taken. World Bank report estimates 5 million deaths from unsafe drinking water and investments to the tune of $ 600 billion worldwide

Presently droughts occurring every two years and when it does rain only fractions of what the region is used to comes down because a rise in of this food prices, homelessness, diseases, social chaos is in full heat. One in every 3 people you see is dying from malnutrition.Feeding centers and medical supply demands are so high and the respond to get food and water there is not happening fast enough.If poor hygiene continues death will be the result.

Food productions in Chad and Sudan are affected by geographical conditions, such as hot climate, sandy soil, and lack of water. Indeed, extremely high temperature leads to lack of water for their agriculture. Then, farmers cannot cultivate crops with enough nutrition to be healthy for them. While many citizens both in Sudan and Chad are suffering from malnutrition, their troubles are caused by different reasons, conflicts, and cultural practice. Sudan is more successful about food policy than Chad. In fact, it is difficult for Chad to improve their agriculture due to the failure of policy while the government in Sudan received the supports from other countries because of the partnership for their food. In developing countries, citizens encounter malnutrition issue because of the food shortage, caused by the geographical difficulty to produce food. However, agricultural assistance from other countries by Sudan’s diplomacy allows Sudan to improve their food situation. Therefore, a country with difficulty of food should receive the agricultural aid from others to solve their food

Climate changes are one of the significant circumstance that contributed in Bangladesh’s food insecurity. Crisis such as flooding, rising water levels and droughts are examples of natural hazards that affects Bangladesh’s agricultural production immensely. It is estimated that natural disasters destroys about 20% of Bangladesh’s total agricultural output every year. Furthermore, people are

The Indian government provides ration cards for the poor. These ration cards are ID like cards which have an individual’s information on it. Ration cards have been used in India since World War two and have been successful since then. They help people below the poverty line to be provided with daily essentials. The ration cards also help provide free food and education for the poor. Not only that, but there are ration shops which provide daily essentials and goods. However recently there have been many scams. Those who work in the ration shops usually take advantage and steal some goods. Electricity is also free for those under the poverty line. Children from families below the poverty line receive free meals in government schools; usually a boiled egg, and rice. Along with the free meals, the children also receive free education in government schools. Healthcare is also free for those under the poverty line including the medications. However on the other hand the quality isn’t so great. Recently many infants died in the month of December, 2014. The medication they were supposed to be given became contaminated. The Indian government also provides housing with subsidized

The rapid rise in the population of West Bengal has not been accompanied by significant economic growth. Indicators to show the same are low poverty rates, unemployment and low job growth rates. Local politicians tried to come into power by promising agricultural land to farmers. However, small land holdings were not enough for the locals to survive. Hence, the shift from agriculture to industrialisation was considered, which would give a chance to the locals to earn

Drought is another factor of climate change that causes severe damages to agriculture and livestock. The effects of drought on agricultural production and livestock holding can be a detrimental issue and result in quality dissatisfaction of products. The agricultural industry can be affected by drought both economically and environmentally. The economical effects of drought on crops and animals can lead to the loss of money and time. When droughts occur farmers lose money because they will have to spend more money earned from their

Exploring What a Drought Is Drought is a long period of dry weather when there is no rainfall at all for weeks, months or even years. Rivers and streams stop flowing. Water in pools, ponds, or reservoirs dries out. Plants die. Drought becomes a natural disaster.

With a growing population of 38 million, California has plenty to offer. However, it lacks a very important necessity for it’s large and rapidly growing population. History has shown water has always been a scarce resource in California. One of the main factors is climate. Although the sunny weather has always been a big-ticket appeal, year round warm temperatures result in dry regions and lack of rainfall. The state has had its fair share of water shortages from time to time. In 2014 governor Jerry Brown declared a state of emergency, as the state continues its record-breaking drought. There are many factors aside from lack of rainfall that come into play. The causes of the severe drought can be pinpointed onto a number of factors such as

there is no water in that area the overall agriculture is dependent on the rain that falls in the

Drought results from an inadequacy of precipitation from factually typical (long haul normal) amounts that, when stretched out over a season or particularly over a longer timeframe, is insufficient to meet the requests of human activities. All types of drought originate from an insufficiency of precipitation that result in water deficiencies for some activity, (for example, crop generation) or for some group, (for example, farmers). Generally, droughts are delegated as either a meteorological drought (absence of precipitation over a district for a period of time), hydrological drought (a period with insufficient surface and sub-surface water assets), agricultural drought (a period with declining soil dampness and

Weather risk, due to climate change, is getting unpredictable. There are two ways to counter this risk viz. financial instruments and crop genetic improvement. For biological vulnerability, a suitable pesticide or weed management is the obvious solution. Market outreach is possible with digital technology and smart warehouses (Ahmad and Jamshed 2015a). Majority of farmers, if suffering from major diseases due to exposure to hazardous and unhealthy work environment, should get regular health care, insurance and epidemiological facilitation. Government subsidies do help the farmers provided those really reach the targeted farmers fully and timely. The aim of financial inclusion and sustainable growth is to cover these family farmers. Government move to open their bank accounts for giving direct transfer to the beneficiaries is the first step. Regular subsidy doses to cover all the farmers’ risks will not serve the purpose. The input suppliers, service providers, banks, insurance companies, procurement agencies, market functionaries, SHGs, warehouses and commodity exchanges all are to be connected with family farmers through proper linkages. This way government alone will not shoulder the risk coverage responsibility. Market mechanism involving private sector operators in addition to banks, insurance companies and SHGs will take maximum load of risk coverage. The government, without taking full load on its exchequer, may only guarantee or partially or selectively sponsor some

Figure 1: Almost half of the population works in agricultural sector (41.7%) in 2007. It is noted that the amount of workers in such sector clearly decreased from 2006 (63.3%)

During the Tenth Five Year Plan, gross domestic product (GDP) originating from agriculture and allied activities was 2.3 percent compared to 8.0 percent in the industrial sector and 9.5 percent services sector. During this plan period, the growth in the agriculture and allied activities averaged 2.3 percent which is lower than that of 3.2 percent during the 1990s and 4.4 percent during the 1980s. Also, there is a shift from staples to cash crops which is the major reason for food insecurity. From 1960-61 to 1998-99 the area under grain crops has gone down from 45 million hectares to 29.5 million hectares, area under cotton has increased from 7.6 to 9.3 million hectares and area under sugarcane has increased from 2.4 to 4.1 million hectares. Since 1990-91, due to the new economic policies, the area under food grains and coarse grains have declined by -2 and -18 percent respectively while area under non-food cash crops such as cotton and sugar-cane have increased by 25 and 10 percent respectively. However, production of milk has increased from 84.4 m tonnes (2001-02) to 97.1 m tonnes (2005-06). Production of eggs has increased from 38729 millions (2001-02) to 46231 millions (2005) (Ghatak, 2007). Notwithstanding increased availability of milk, fruits, vegetables, fish and other produce, the agricultural sector is facing the new challenges of diminishing land resources, factor productivity