The Total Water Storage (TWS) Anomaly indicator that is implemented in the Copernicus Global Drought Observatory (GDO) is used for determining the occurrence of long-term hydrological drought conditions, which...
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The Risk of Drought Impacts for Agriculture (RDrI-Agri) indicator that is implemented in the Global Drought Observatory (GDO) of the Copernicus Emergency Management Service, is used for determining the area more likely...
This paper quantifies the impact of drought on household consumption for five main agroecological zones in Africa, developing vulnerability (or damage) functions of the relationship between rainfall deficits...
The objectives of the present report are threefold.
Firstly, to provide information on the situation in a set of 21 countries and regions considered of maximum concern from a food security perspective.
Secondly...
Recent climate change has brought new patterns of extreme events in terms of both drought and heavy rainfall to the drought-prone African Sahel. The effects of these recent...
Food insecurity early warning can provide time to mitigate unfolding crises; however, drought remains a large source of uncertainty. The challenge is to filter unclear or conflicting...
Communities in sub-Saharan Africa are experiencing the most severe droughts in decades, impacting livestock and crop production. In 2019, the EU presented plans to increase adaptation finance...
One third of Pakistan has been flooded. Crops and topsoil washed away; farming infrastructure destroyed. On the other side of the Arabian Sea, Somalia is experiencing its...
Global climate studies show that not only temperatures are increasing and precipitation levels are becoming more varied, all projections indicate these trends...
Drought and heat stress affect global wheat production and food security. Since these climate hazards are expected to increase in frequency and intensity due to anthropogenic climate...