IMPROVED DROUGHT EARLY WARNING AND FORECASTING TO STRENGTHEN PREPAREDNESS AND ADAPTATION TO DROUGHTS IN AFRICA (DEWFORA) A 7th Framework Programme Collaborative Research Project Work Package 2 Assessing existing drought monitoring and forecasting capacities, mitigation and adaptation practices in Africa DELIVERABLE 2.1 - INVENTORY OF DROUGHT MONITORING AND FORECASTING SYSTEMS IN AFRICA 4 August 2011 i DOCUMENT INFORMATION Title Inventory of drought monitoring and forecasting systems in Africa Lead Author W R Nyabeze and Associates J S A Vermooten Deltares C van Kempen Deltares/IGRAC J P Pêgo FEUP, University of Porto R Maia FEUP, University of Porto A Opere ICPAC G Ouma ICPAC O Lahlou Institut Agronomique et Vétérinaire Hassan II S. B. Alaoui Institut Agronomique et Vétérinaire Hassan II Y Imani Institut Agronomique et Vétérinaire Hassan II Contributors C Ndayisaba Institute of Scientific and Technological Research (Rwanda) K Mahmoud Attia Nile Research Institute, Egypt D Mulungu University of Dar es Salam, Tanzania M Mohamed Elhag University of Gezira, Sudan S O Dulo University of Nairobi, Kenya O Nyabeze WR Nyabeze and Associates L Dlamini WR Nyabeze and Associates M Kubare WR Nyabeze and Associates W Nyabeze WR Nyabeze and Associates K Sanogo Wetlands International/ Mali office Distribution PU: Public Reference Inventory of drought monitoring and forecasting systems in Africa DOCUMENT HISTORY Date Revision Prepared by Organisation Approved by Notes 4/08/2011 W R Nyabeze WRNA W Nyabeze ACKNOWLEDGEMENT The research leading to these results has received funding from the European Union's Seventh Framework Programme (FP7/2007-2013) under grant agreement N°265454 ii SUMMARY This document provides an inventory of drought monitoring and forecasting systems which cover Africa. The inventory considers systems, networks/ institutions and project and captures the information on a list, factsheets and detailed descriptions. The list can be considered as census. It can be divided into groups by coverage as follows: (i) Global which also cover Africa, (ii) Europe covers the whole of the African continent, (iii) Europe which covers Northern Africa (iv) Regional namely Northern Africa, Eastern Africa, Southern Africa and Western Africa as focus areas and (v) National which covers individual countries in Africa. The factsheets provide a summary of key information on each system/network/institution or project obtained from further based interrogation. The detailed descriptions provide information on the status of each system/network/institution or project. The information reflected in this document is obtained from existing literature, the internet and people contacted during this research. This inventory can be summarised in terms of coverage as follows: Coverage Europe plus Europe plus Africa Item Total Global African Northern Continental Regional National continent Africa List systems/ networks/ 18 2 4 3 8 103 138 institutions and projects 9 2 4 3 8 29 55 Factsheets Detailed 11 2 4 3 5 29 54 descriptions iii The spread of the systems/networks/ institutions or projects in the regional and national groups can be further broken down as follows: Coverage Regional National Item Northern Eastern Southern Western Northern Eastern Southern Western Africa Africa Africa Africa Africa Africa Africa Africa List systems/ networks/ 2 3 2 1 22 37 37 7 institutions and projects 2 3 2 1 13 8 3 5 Factsheets Detailed 1 2 1 1 12 10 2 5 descriptions A list of modelling and local knowledge systems applied to provide drought early warning in Africa is also provided in this document. The list comprises 7 global modelling systems, 13 national systems and 2 local knowledge systems. The reliance on the internet, published materials and contacts for information limited the number of system/network/ institutions or projects and early warning modelling systems that could be identified particularly at national and local levels. The information presented here is thus not exhaustive however additional information is expected from other stages of Work Package 2 and Stakeholder Platform(s). iv TABLE OF CONTENTS 1 INTRODUCTION..................................................................................................................1 2 INVENTORY OF EXISTINGDROUGHT MONITORING AND FORECASTING SYSTEMS NETWORKS/ INSTITUTIONS..............................................................................................4 2.1 DEFINITIONS .......................................................................................................4 2.2 LIST OF DROUGHT MONITORING SYSTEMS, NETWORKS/INSTITUTIONS WITH FACTSHEETS ......................................................................................................4 2.3 LIST OF DROUGHT MONITORING SYSTEMS, NETWORKS/INSTITUTIONS WITHOUT FACTSHEETS...................................................................................16 2.4 LIST OF EXISTING MODELS AND EARLY WARNING SYSTEMS ....................28 3 FACTSHEETS FOR THE IDENTIFIED DROUGHT MONITORING AND FORECASTING SYSTEMS, NETWORKS/INSTITUTIONS ..........................................................................35 3.1 FACTSHEETS: DROUGHT MONITORING AND FORECASTING SYSTEMS, NETWORKS/INSTITUTIONS GLOBAL/ USA / AUSTRALIA ..............................35 3.2 FACTSHEETS: DROUGHT MONITORING AND FORECASTING SYSTEMS, NETWORKS/INSTITUTIONS - EUROPE AND THE AFRICAN CONTINENT ......45 3.3 FACTSHEETS: DROUGHT MONITORING AND FORECASTING SYSTEMS, NETWORKS/INSTITUTIONS - EUROPE AND NORTHERN AFRICA .................48 3.4 FACTSHEETS: DROUGHT MONITORING AND FORECASTING SYSTEMS, NETWORKS/INSTITUTIONS – THE AFRICAN CONTINENT .............................52 3.5 FACTSHEETS: DROUGHT MONITORING AND FORECASTING SYSTEMS, NETWORKS/INSTITUTIONS – REGIONAL........................................................55 3.6 FACTSHEETS: DROUGHT MONITORING AND FORECASTING SYSTEMS, NETWORKS/INSTITUTIONS – NATIONAL ........................................................63 4 DETAILED DESCRIPTIONS OF DROUGHT MONITORING AND FORECASTING SYSTEMS/NETWORKS/ INSTITUTIONS – GLOBAL / USA / AUSTRALIA AND CONTINENTAL LEVELS...................................................................................................92 4.1 ID: DM G 01 FACTSHEET 01- GLOBAL DROUGHT MONITOR.........................92 4.1.1 General information ..........................................................................................92 4.1.2 Who uses the system/network/forum?.............................................................92 4.1.3 Description of how system/network/forum functions......................................92 v 4.1.4 Assessment of spatial coverage.......................................................................92 4.1.5 Description of the Inputs to system/network/forum ........................................92 4.1.6 Description of the methods/techniques/models and outputs .........................93 4.1.7 Information available from the system/network/forum....................................93 4.1.8 Evaluation: Assessment of System/Network Capabilities...............................93 4.2 ID: DM G 02: FACTSHEET 02: INTEGRATED PROJECT ON WATER AND GLOBAL CHANGE.............................................................................................94 4.2.1 General information ..........................................................................................94 4.2.2 Who uses the system/network/forum?.............................................................95 4.2.3 Description of how system/network/forum functions......................................97 4.2.4 Description of the Inputs to system/network/forum ........................................97 4.2.5 Evaluation: Assessment of System/Network Capabilities...............................98 4.3 ID: DM G 03 - FACTSHEET Nº 03- NATIONAL INTEGRATED DROUGHT INFORMATION SYSTEM (NIDIS).......................................................................99 4.3.1 General information ..........................................................................................99 4.3.2 Who uses the system/network/forum?...........................................................100 4.3.3 Description of how system/network/forum functions....................................101 4.3.4 Assessment of spatial coverage.....................................................................102 4.3.5 Description of the Inputs to system/network/forum ......................................102 4.3.6 Description of the methods/techniques/models and outputs .......................102 4.4 ID: DM G 04 - FACTSHEET Nº 04 - NATIONAL MITIGATION CENTER (NDMC)102 4.4.1 General information ........................................................................................102 4.4.2 Who uses the system/network/forum?...........................................................102 4.4.3 Information available from the system/network/forum..................................103 4.5 ID: DM G 05 - FACTSHEET Nº 05- U.S. DROUGHT MONITOR........................103 4.5.1 General information ........................................................................................103 4.5.2 Who uses the system/network/forum?...........................................................103 4.5.3 Description of how system/network/forum functions....................................104 4.5.4 Assessment of spatial coverage.....................................................................104 4.5.5 Description of the Inputs to system/network/forum ......................................104