Country-level ASIS: an agricultural drought monitoring system
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This brochure summarize the description, background, methodology, implementation and the potential of the agricultural drought monitoring system tools. The tool uses satellite data to detect agricultural areas (farmland) in which crops might be affected by drought. The country-level version is based on the general methodological principles used in the Agriculture Stress Index System (ASIS), which is globally operational at FAO-Rome as a form of technical support to the Global Information and Early Warning System (GIEWS). This is a an advocacy material to explain stakeholders the potencial of using the tool at their countries.