The purposes of this research were : 1) to study the drought situation of Ban-ped community and 2) to present guidelines for drought management of Ban-ped community, Muang district, KhonKaen province. This research was mixed methods research.This research was application of quantitative research approach and qualitative research approach. The data were collected from400 questionnaires of household representatives in Ban-ped community and in-depth interviews with village headman. The data were collected from questionnaires and quality research interviews [checking validity by 3 experts] using multistage random sampling. The research results were as follows: 1) the area of Ban-ped sub-district was generally high plateau with 1 creek, 11 of marshes, lakes and others. The result of drought management of Ban-ped community was found that the short-term drought management of the community was rated at high level in three aspects[including reserving rainwater for using, receiving water from distribution and receiving water from service points in village]. The long-term drought management of the community was rated at high level in three aspects [the village had campaign project to use water economically, forestation project and forest conservation project and river basin development project like dike, dam and river excavation ]and 2)the guidelines for drought management of Ban-ped community consisted of two guidelines : (1) preparation, performing accounts of village and community at risks of drought, making a clear operation system plan such as water distribution plan, setting water distribution points in each village (2) planting, making guidelines for the management of agricultural crops and making understanding how farmers plant less water or drought crops, coordinating with related organization to maintain public water resources, water reservoirs.