Abstract The Middle East and southwest Asia are a region that is water stressed, societally
vulnerable, and prone to severe droughts. Large-scale climate variability, particularly La …

Abstract Chickpea (Cicer arietinum L.), an important food legume grown in the semi-arid
tropical and Mediterranean regions, suffers substantial yield loss due to drought at the end …

Map** and monitoring the distribution of croplands and crop types support policymakers
and international organizations by reducing the risks to food security, notably from climate …

Owing to its severe effect on productivity of rain-fed crops and indirect effect on employment
as well as per capita income, agricultural drought has become a prime concern worldwide …

Drought has severe impacts on human society and ecosystems. In this study, we used data
acquired by the Moderate Resolution Imaging Spectroradiometer (MODIS) and Tropical …

Abstract Drought in South Asia affect food and water security and pose challenges for
millions of people. For policy-making, planning, and management of water resources at sub …

Increasing temperature and altered precipitation patterns, leads to the extreme weather
events like Drought which drastically affects the agricultural production. Agricultural drought …

Drought is a complex natural phenomenon that can lead to reduced water supplies and can
consequently have substantial effects on agriculture and socioeconomic activities that cause …

Forest fires destroy these areas and have devastating and harmful socio-economic and
environmental effects. One of the methods of preventing and managing the hazards created …

The overarching goal of this study was to map irrigated areas in the Ganges and Indus river
basins using near-continuous time-series (8-day), 500-m resolution, 7-band MODIS land …