the 1980s, all the six droughts faced by India were in El Niño years but not all El Niño years led to drought situations …Weather experts around the world are foreseeing a strong El Niño in 2014. In India, these developments are feared to … timing of El Niño developments in a year and its relation with monsoon rains. We construct an India specific El Niño (ISEL …

results show that irrigation has reduced drought-related yield losses by 31 ± 2\%; the largest reductions in food production …, irrigation effects, and socioeconomic factors in broad scales have not been well addressed. Considering both the probability of … drought occurrence and the consequential yield losses, here we propose an integrated approach for assessing past and future …

objective of this report is to promote the mainstreaming and integration of climate related risks in India's development … dictated by government priorities, which indicated the need to: (a) assess climate risks to agriculture and livelihoods in …