Preventive

Preventive measures are to be taken based on a prediction before it happened. The following preventive measures are recommended for drought:

• Rainwater harvesting for life-saving irrigation.

• Perform off-season ploughing to conserve moisture and to facilitate early sowing

• Follow partial mechanization to ensure timeliness in operation

• Adopt intercropping/ mixed-cropping/integrated farming system in recurrent drought-prone areas

• Select low water requiring crops and cropping systems matching the length of the growing season

• Selection of low water and short duration variety

• Plough and sow the crops across the slope in a sloppy area

• Community nursery for rice