Drought related to moisture deficits in the root zone, leading to crop growth stress, yield reduction, or crop failure due to low precipitation over a sustained period, is known as:

A. Meteorological drought
B. Agricultural drought
C. Hydrological drought
D. Ecological drought
E. Socio-economic drought

Key Notes

Agricultural drought occurs when soil moisture in the crop root zone becomes insufficient to meet crop water requirements. It directly affects crop growth, productivity, and yield, and often follows prolonged meteorological drought but is expressed in terms of plant and soil moisture stress.