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New FAO digital compendium on drought impact and vulnerability

Female farmers

The new digital compendium from the Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO) is an invaluable resource for policy- and decision makers and a broad range of drought stakeholders, to support the review process of national drought plans and contribute to their implementation.

Designed in a user-friendly web-based format, it highlights the evolution of drought risk, impact, and vulnerability concepts and presents guidelines for conducting related assessments.

The compendium emphasizes the importance of gender-sensitive analysis and provides sample impact and vulnerability indicators and data sources. It also includes a series of country reports to showcase pathways of impact and vulnerability at the national scale.

  • Explore the compendium here

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