Letztes Update:
20201209165453

16:51
09.12.2020
Oscar Rojas and Marco Minelli from FAO presented a fascinating methodology in baking an ´anticipatory action´ cake by using ingredients from seasonal vegetation monitoring to the El Nino forecast. This enables countries to anticipate upcoming rainfall reduction and associated impacts on crop yields, and to define the most suitable crop season. He presented the Agricultural Stress Index System (ASIS), a geoinformation system providing a forecast on agricultural drought allowing countries to anticipate drought and to make timely decisions.

Presenting the new Practical Guidelines for Early Warning – Early Action pan on Agricultural Drought These guidelines can be applied in countries with an agricultural drought monitoring system (ASIS) and an analysis and monitoring system to classify food insecurity (IPC); these two monitoring systems are needed to define the triggers for action.  Marco Minelli, Emergency and DRR Focal Point for Mesoamerica, FAO  16:19
09.12.2020