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Droughts are slow-onset events that cause more loss of lives, livelihoods and permanent displacement of people than cyclones, floods and earthquakes combined. From 1991 to 2000, drought took over...
This review of available literature on the benefits of action and costs of inaction of drought mitigation and preparedness shows that significant progress has been made over the past decade in...
This technical brief presents information on assessing the appropriateness of water trucking interventions, setup of emergency water trucking in drought, and alternatives to water trucking. It is...
This LEGS Drought Tool has been developed to help improve resilience building during times of drought for pastoralists and other livestock keepers in the arid, semi-arid and dry sub-humid areas,...
The final type of policy response is the development and implementation of preparedness plans and policies, which would include organizational frameworks and operational arrangements developed in...
This mission report describes the finding of technical experts deployed to support drought response in Bolivia.
This study looks at the relationship between organisational adaptiveness and the ability of humanitarian and state actors to respond effectively to slow-onset cyclical disasters. The study focuses...
Drought is an insidious natural hazard characterized by lower than expected or lower than normal precipitation that, when extended over a season or longer period of time, is insufficient to meet...
The Guidelines are targeted primarily at public bodies and competent authorities responsible for national drought planning. Furthermore, efforts were made to make the Guidelines clear and simple...
FSNWG issued this drought special report, examining the current food security situation across the eastern Horn of Africa (e.g. Ethiopia, Kenya, and Somalia) after three consecutive seasons of...