Droughts in Nevada

This year Nevada has declared most of Nevada as a natural disaster area. There were bad droughts last year that caused farmers to lose lots of there harvests. This situation is similar to the book we're reading, Nectar in a Sieve were the farms depend on the monsoon season to allow there harvest to be successful. When it rains a lot in Nectar in a Sieve the farmers crops are ruined. This makes life really tough for the farmers. In Nevada, the droughts ruined the crops for the farmers, but their lives are not as tough because the government will be giving these farmers help. This doesn't happen in Nectar in a Sieve, but it would help the farmers a lot because three quarters of the population are farmers. When the monsoon season is bad it means a lot of the population will suffer. If the government helped out these farmers like Nevada does it would make life for the Indian farmers much more enjoyable.
"Nevada a natural disaster area due to drought." SFGate. 29 Jan 2009. 1 Feb 2009 http://www.sfgate.com/cgi-bin/article.cgi?f=/n/a/2009/01/29/financial/f154459S73.DTL