Drought disaster challenges and mitigation in India: Strategic appraisal

Current Science

Volumn 100, Issue 12, 2011, Pages 1795-1806

  Gupta, Anil K ^a   Tyagi, Pallavee ^b   Sehgal, Vinay K ^c  

^a National Institute of Disaster Management   (India)

^b BUNDELKHAND UNIVERSITY   (India)

^c INDIAN AGRICULTURAL RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (India)

Author keywords

Assessment; Drought management; Mitigation; Relief

Indexed keywords

EID: 79960103699     PISSN: 00113891     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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