Response and mitigation
The FAO Drought portal collates tools, methodologies, publications, and best practices, with the aim to support informed decision making and promote integrated drought management in agriculture.They are organized into three pillars: monitoring and early warning, vulnerability and risk assessment, response and mitigation.
Drought mitigation, preparedness, and response comprise the appropriate measures and actions aimed at reducing ecosystems vulnerability to drought impacts. The goal of pillar 3 of integrated drought management, response and mitigation, is to determine appropriate mitigation and response actions aimed at risk reduction, the identification of appropriate triggers to phase in and phase out mitigation actions and, finally, to identify agencies, ministries or organizations to develop and implement mitigation actions.
FAO toolkit
Rapid Appraisal Procedure tool (RAP)
Rapid Appraisal Procedure (RAP) for pressurized irrigation system is a diagnostic tool developed by FAO to assess the performance of water resource, institutional management and irrigation service (hardware and software). It aims to provide users with a clear picture of problem areas. Thus, it enables the identification of the physical bottlenecks hampering the efficient water delivery and prioritize the steps needed for improvement.
AquaCrop
AquaCrop is a crop growth model developed by FAO’s Land and Water Division that addresses food security and assesses the effect of the environment and irrigation management on crop production. It simulates the yield response of herbaceous crops to water and is well suited to conditions in which water is a key limiting factor.
Sustainable Forest Management (SFM)
SFM toolbox aims to make more accessible the collective knowledge and experiences on sustainable forest management to forest managers and stakeholders. A dedicated module highlights the importance and vulnerability of dryland forests and agrosilvopastoral system.
Global Information and Early Warning System on Food and Agriculture (GIEWS)
GIEWS continuously monitors food supply and demand and other key indicators for assessing the overall food security situation in all countries of the world.
Pastoralist Knowledge Hub
The Pastoralist Knowledge Hub connects pastoralists and the main
actors working with them, to join forces and create synergies for dialogue
and pastoralist development. It relies on 3 pillars: a knowledge
repository, a network of pastoralist organizations and the facilitation of
partnerships with national and international actors.
BlueHouse-Leb
The BlueHouse-Leb application is a user-friendly mobile app that provides timely information on the irrigation needs of crops in unheated plastic greenhouses in Lebanon. The experiences show that better irrigation and agricultural practices can significantly increase the yield production and the water productivity of greenhouses, therefore, the app is expected to make farming practices more sustainable and improve the farm profitability.
FAO projects from the field
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| Title | Support to vulnerable/food insecure households through promotion of small scale irrigation and drought tolerant crops in Kenya interventions |
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| Project Code | OSRO/KEN/003/SPA |
| Title | Livestock emergency interventions in drought affected woredas of Afar National Regional State, Ethiopia |
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| Project Code | OSRO/ETH/901/CHA |
| Title | Strengthening the livelihoods of pastoralists and agropastoralists and technical support for the coordination of emergency and rehabilitation activities in Ethiopia's agricultural sector |
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| Project Code | OSRO/ETH/807/ITA |
| Donor | Italy |
| Title | Emergency livelihood support to drought-affected pastoral, agropastoral and smallholder farming communities in Afar and Somali Regions |
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| Project Code | OSRO/ETH/601/USA |
| Donor | United States of America |
| Title | Improving agriculture sector drought response coordination |
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| Project Code | OSRO/ETH/107/USA |
| Donor | United States of America |
| Title | Increase of water availability and access in areas vulnerable to drought in the West Bank |
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| Project Code | OSRO/GAZ/808/ITA |
| Donor | Italy |
| Title | Food security emergency support for drought-affected and vulnerable households |
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| Project Code | OSRO/HON/901/CHA |
| Title | Assistance to vulnerable livelihoods in the drought-affected areas of the Dry Corridor |
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| Project Code | OSRO/HON/001/CHA |
| Title | Reducing the vulnerability of Afar pastoral and agropastoral communities to recurrent drought |
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| Project Code | OSRO/ETH/909/NOR |
| Donor | Norway |
| Title | Technical coordination and support to reduce the impacts of El Niño and La Niña on the livelihoods |
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| Project Code | OSRO/ETH/609/USA |
| Donor | United States of America |
| Title | Nutrition sensitive livelihood support to drought affected pastoral and agropastoral communities |
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| Project Code | OSRO/ETH/502/CHA |
| Title | FAO programme for emergency and smooth recovery assistance to drought affected farmers in Ethiopia |
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| Project Code | OSRO/ETH/402/NET |
| Title | Provision of late planted seeds for Meher 2003 cropping season in drought-affected areas of Ethiopia |
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| Project Code | OSRO/ETH/307/CAN |
| Donor | Canada |
| Title | Drought recovery response |
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| Project Code | OSRO/ETH/302/JPN |
| Donor | Japan |
| Title | Emergency support to drought-affected pastoral and agropastoral communities in Borena zone, Oromiya region, Ethiopia |
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| Project Code | OSRO/ETH/108/CHA |
| Title | Emergency livelihood support to drought affected communities through seed provision animal health and water rehabilitation in Ethiopia |
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| Project Code | OSRO/ETH/003/CHA |
| Title | Immediate assistance in response to the food insecurity of families affected by the 2015 drought in El Salvador |
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| Project Code | OSRO/ELS/501/CHA |