Man has landed on the moon, probed deep space, and is transforming our lives by 1COUNT technological feats – yet he cannot create a rain cloud at will. Nor can he prevent droughts, or even predict them with 2CERTAIN. What’s more, there is little evidence of concerted efforts to manage drought effectively and thereby 3COME it. This is remarkable, as drought occurs to a major or minor degree on nearly every farm worldwide, and is a recurrent and 4ESCAPE natural phenomenon. Drought is as much a part of the environment of farms and their soils, vegetation, and other weather vicissitudes such as 5TIME frost. Fortunately much can be done to mitigate the effects of drought, this being the main thrust of this comprehensive book on drought management on farmland. Proactive 6PREPARED for drought is the key. It entails upgrading the drought resistance of a farm 7SYSTEM within cost constraints and also having well-formulated, auxiliary plans lined up for use during 8LONG drought.