Drought Management

Rainfall prediction with TLBO optimized ANN

Rainfall prediction is very crucial for India as its economy is based on mainly agriculture. The parameters that are required to predict the rainfall are very complex in nature and also contain lots of uncertainties. Although various approaches have been earlier suggested for prediction, the soft computing is found to be very effective in developing models which emulates human being and derives expertise like human being to adapt to the situations and learn from the experiences.

Publication Date:

01/10/2014

Author(s): B Kavitha Rani, K Srinivas, A Govardhan

Source: Journal of Scientific and Industrial Research

Vol:

73

Issue:

10

pp:

643-647

Tags:

Rainfall, Weather Predictions, Andhra Pradesh, Drought, Drought Management, Disaster Management

Environment

India Environment Portal Newsletter 14 - 20 September 2014

The weekly digest of important reports, research, policy documents, regulations, studies, court cases, protests, conflicts, initiatives, photos, data, statistics, infographics, presentations on the India Environment Portal, 14 - 20 September 2014.

Publication Date:

20/09/2014

Source: India Environment Portal

Tags:

Singrauli STPS, Mercury, Air Pollution, Contract Farming, Climate Change, Sustainable Development, Consumption Patterns, Drought Management, Fisheries, Infrastructure Development, Environment Court, Lakes, Wetlands, Health, Poverty, Water Supply, Sanitation, Transport, Mining

Agriculture

Drought risk reduction in agriculture: a review of adaptive strategies in East Africa and the Indo-Gangetic Plain of South Asia

This report is a component of the Research Program on Climate Change, Agriculture, and Food Security (CCAFS)–-funded project “Impacts of Climate Extremes on Future Water and Food Security in South Asia and East Africa.” The goal of the project was to characterize extreme drought events, to improve on a methodology to assess the probability of th

Publication Date:

01/09/2014

Author(s): Nicola Cenacchi

Source: International Food Policy Research Institute

Tags:

Agriculture, Droughts, Africa, Indo-Gangetic Plains, South Asia, India, Drought Relief, Drought Management

Natural Disasters

Question raised in Rajya Sabha on long term plan to deal with drought, 25/07/2014

Question raised in Rajya Sabha on long term plan to deal with drought, 25/07/2014.

Publication Date:

Friday, July 25, 2014

Source: Rajya Sabha

Tags:

Drought, India, Disaster Management, Parliament, Agriculture, Drought Prone Areas, Drought Management

Natural Disasters

Debate in Rajya Sabha regarding drought situation in India, 09/07/2014

Debate in Rajya Sabha regarding drought situation in India, 09/07/2014 (uncorrected debate).

Publication Date:

09/07/2014

Source: Lok Sabha

Tags:

Droughts, Rainfall Pattern, India, Disaster Management, Drought Management, Agriculture, Climate Change, El Nino, Tamil Nadu, National Rural Employment Guarantee Act (NREGA), Farmers, Groundwater

Natural Disasters

Space technology for drought monitoring, SL one of two pilot countries

Sri Lanka has been selected as one of the first two pilot countries to implement the United Nations Economic and Social Commission for Asia and the Pacific (UNESCAP) project on the application of s

Publication Date:

02/07/2014

Source: Daily News (Sri Lanka)

Tags:

Natural Disasters, Droughts, Sri Lanka, Space Technology, Drought Management, Agriculture, South Asia

Natural Disasters

Tentative Action Plan to tackle drought like situation for arrangement of drinking water in affected districts the Rajasthan State

Tentative Action Plan to tackle drought like situation for arrangement of drinking water in affected districts the Rajasthan State.

Publication Date:

01/07/2014

Source: Public Health Engineering Department, Rajasthan

Tags:

Drought Management, Drinking Water Scarcity, Rajasthan, Tubewells, Rural Water Supply, Urban Water Supply

Natural Disasters

Contingent plan for drought for the year 2014-15 (Odisha)

Publication Date:

30/06/2014

Source: Rural Water Supply And Sanitation, Odisha

Tags:

Drought Management, Orissa (Odisha), Rural Water Supply, Tubewells, Rainfall Pattern

Water Supply

Drinking water mitigation activities 2014-15 (Haryana)

Drinking water mitigation activities 2014-15 for the state of Haryana.

Publication Date:

25/06/2014

Source: Public Health Engineering Department, Haryana

Tags:

Drinking Water Scarcity, Drought Management, Haryana, Rural Water Supply

Environment

India Environment Portal Newsletter 14 - 21 June 2014

The weekly digest of important reports, research, policy documents, regulations, studies, court cases, protests, conflicts, initiatives, photos, data, statistics, infographics, presentations on the India Environment Portal, 14 - 21 June 2014.

Publication Date:

21/06/2014

Source: India Environment Portal

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