FAO: The Drought Portal

FAO: The Drought Portal

The overall goal of FAO’s actions on drought is to develop the capacity of drought-prone countries to increase societal resilience and enhance drought responses and recovery capabilities to reduce the impacts of future drought events. The actions include:

• Awareness creation to improve understanding among policy-makers and decision-makers of the importance of drought risk management 
• The development of guidelines tailored to specific drought-prone regions and other technical tools to facilitate the adoption of proactive drought management policies at the country level
• Capacity development in drought policy through training at the regional and country levels
• The provision of direct support to countries to implement proactive drought management policies through field projects
• Building partnerships with specialized organizations and research centers as well as through country-level and regional networks of institutions that deal with drought to promote proactive drought policies and enhance country support
• Carrying out studies to characterize drought and its management in different regions (FAO, 2019)