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However, the risk posed by it could be reduced by taking preventive action in time. The SADMS is a comprehensive early-warning drought monitoring system to provide information in easy-to-understand maps, which pinpoint locations under distress and provide regional to district scale information about drought&#8217;s effect on agriculture. The online portal would further help us make valuable information available to larger audience in a timely manner. We welcome feedback and opinion on how to co-develop and strengthen the SADMS\u201d. Said Dr Giriraj Amarnath, Project Lead and Sub-Theme Leader: Water-related Disaster Risk Management (WDRM) at IWMI.&nbsp;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Experts meet in Delhi to discuss how South Asian countries could adopt the new drought monitoring system to better prepare and mitigate drought 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