Making the leap from drought monitoring to managing agricultural drought risks in India (WLE-IWMI)
The South Asia Drought Monitoring System (SADMS), created by the CGIAR Research Program on Water, Land and Ecosystems (WLE) and partners, provided real-time drought severity data at micro-level to three Indian districts. The crop yields and incomes in these areas were significantly higher than in th...
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| Formato: | Case Study |
| Lenguaje: | Inglés |
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2018
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| Acceso en línea: | https://hdl.handle.net/10568/121768 |
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