is applied to the problem of drought policy …

Drought is an important downside risk in Indian agriculture; and the spatial differences in its intensity and … probability of occurrence are considerable. To develop strategies to manage the risk of drought, and to coordinate and implement … these strategies, it is essential to understand the variation in drought risk across geographical or administrative levels …

manage drought risk: weather index insurance and a recently released drought-tolerant rice variety. We illustrate how these … tools can independently address drought risk and demonstrate the potential for these tools to be combined in a complementary … independently and in a bundled package. Findings indicate that farmers are generally unwilling to pay for drought-tolerant rice …

selection, and reduction in drought-related insurance payouts. To do so, we create a novel data set derived from a deep learning … model capable of automatically identifying the location of CPIS during drought years along with annual county level crop … to more water intensive crops, or an expansion of cropland. However, in drought years CPIS presence does have a …

Agricultural drought is a complex type of drought disaster, involving factors such as soil, crops, atmosphere, and … human resource utilization. The identification of regions’ agricultural drought risk and factors affecting agricultural … drought risk level are significant for disaster prevention and mitigation. To assess agricultural drought risk, this paper …