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ML-Enhanced Vegetation Condition Forecasting — Kenya's National Drought Management Authority Early-Warning Extension

Researchers at the University of Sussex and Kenya's RCMRD built machine-learning models forecasting NDMA's official VCI3M drought indicator up to 6 weeks …

Nairobi, Kenya

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Combined Drought Index — Timor-Leste's AI-Assisted Anticipatory Action System for Agricultural Drought

FAO and Timor-Leste's government built an XGBoost-corrected seasonal drought index that triggered the country's first Anticipatory Action protocol in October 2023, matching …

Dili, Timor-Leste

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Czech State Environmental Fund's Anti-Drought Landscape Water Retention Programme

Since 2014, the Czech State Environmental Fund has backed ~18,000 projects with CZK 13bn (~EUR 520m) to slow water loss from the …

Prague, Czechia