Drought surveillance in Sri Lanka.

Case study related to Sri Lanka. IWMI developed the South Asia Drought Monitoring System (SADMS) which was further improved by devising the Soil Water Anomaly Drought Index (SWADI) in order to forecast drought impacts on agriculture on a regular basis. Together with other tools, SADMS is able to sup...

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Autor principal: Copernicus Global Land Service
Formato: Case Study
Lenguaje:Inglés
Publicado: Copernicus Global Land Service 2017
Acceso en línea:https://hdl.handle.net/10568/105778
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Sumario:Case study related to Sri Lanka. IWMI developed the South Asia Drought Monitoring System (SADMS) which was further improved by devising the Soil Water Anomaly Drought Index (SWADI) in order to forecast drought impacts on agriculture on a regular basis. Together with other tools, SADMS is able to support contingency planning at national and regional levels. The knowledge products are regularly shared with the Disaster Management Centre, to mitigate drought risks and addressing improved food security.