Making the leap from drought monitoring to managing agricultural drought risks in India (WLE-IWMI)

The South Asia Drought Monitoring System (SADMS), created by the CGIAR Research Program on Water, Land and Ecosystems (WLE) and partners, provided real-time drought severity data at micro-level to three Indian districts. The crop yields and incomes in these areas were significantly higher than in th...

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Autor principal: CGIAR Research Program on Water, Land and Ecosystems
Formato: Case Study
Lenguaje:Inglés
Publicado: 2018
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Acceso en línea:https://hdl.handle.net/10568/121768
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Sumario:The South Asia Drought Monitoring System (SADMS), created by the CGIAR Research Program on Water, Land and Ecosystems (WLE) and partners, provided real-time drought severity data at micro-level to three Indian districts. The crop yields and incomes in these areas were significantly higher than in the control areas. As a result, the Indian government and World Bank plan to scale out the model.