National Institute of Disaster Management (NIDM)

Manual on drought management by the National Institute Disaster Management and the Ministry of Agriculture (2009)

This manual developed by the NIDM presents a comprehensive approach to drought management and recommends measures that can be implemented for effective drought relief and mitigation.

Department of Agriculture and Cooperation (Ministry of Agriculture)

Posted on 15 Apr, 2010 04:13 PM

Manual on Drought Management by the National Institute Disaster Management and the Ministry of Agriculture (2009) This manual developed by the National Institute of Disaster Management (NIDM) presents a comprehensive approach to drought management and recommends measures that can be implemented for effective drought relief and mitigation. It brings together conceptual issues, institutional framework & operational details, and replaces the colonial famine codes written largely for dealing with hunger and starvation.

It has been prepared with the objective of creating synergy between the various programmes being implemented to provide drought relief and mitigation by several levels of government.

The key issues covered in the manual are:

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