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agricultural drought—Conditions that result in adverse crop responses, usually because plants cannot meet potential transpiration as a result of high atmospheric demand and/or limited soil moisture. Drought severity may be defined according to the Palmer Drought Severity Index or functionally expressed as yield-reducing water stress.