Response to drought - An overview

Abstract

Analyses of famine and drought generally tend to rely on macro data on food production, demographic and economic changes affecting large populations spread over a vast region or regions. Droughts occurring at local-level have received far less attention. These local level droughts could be confined to a district, a few villages or these could affect those practising a single craft or occupation. There are several studies conducted by researchers of different disciplines to find out the coping mechanisms of various categories of people in time and space. In this paper an attempt is made to analyse the concept of drought and problems/issues involved in studying the impact of drought.