Abstract:<p>Droughts are a significant threat to the agricultural sector in general, and rainfed farming in particular. Therefore, effective and timely responses to manage droughts and their impacts are required so that farming systems can limit the negative effects of droughts on food production. We developed a crop drought index (CDI) by integrating drought hazard and exposure and applied this index at the global scale to evaluate the influence of drought on the exposed rainfed areas for different crops… Show more
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