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Dry, dryland and rainfed farming are synonyms for raising crops solely on rainfall, without supplementary irrigation. It is still widely practised in subhumid and semi-arid regions, even though it is highly vulnerable to vagaries of the weather. This is especially true of midseasonal droughts which often strike at the height of summer when plants’ water demands peak, or at a critical stage when a crop is particularly sensitive to water stress.
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Whitmore, J.S. (2000). Cropping Systems for Moisture Economy. In: Drought Management on Farmland. Water Science and Technology Library, vol 35. Springer, Dordrecht. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-94-015-9562-9_7
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