Africa Drought Advisory (ACMAD)
African Centre of Meteorological Application for Development drought advisory portal providing continental drought monitoring indicators and advisory bulletins for Africa.
ada.acmad.org
At a glance
- Region
- Niger (Africa)
- Coverage
- Africa
- Access
- Free
- Category
- Regional
- Last updated
- 2026
What's inside
- drought monitor
- drought advisory
- drought index
Terms explained
What you can do with it
Typical work that data of this type supports.
- 01
Drought indices
Track SPI and SPEI style indices for declarations and relief.
Because it has: drought monitor
- 02
Planning
Plan reservoir releases and cropping for a dry year.
- 03
History
Compare this year with the worst droughts on record.
Where AI adds value
Ideas for machine learning and AI agents built on this kind of data.
- 01
Onset forecasts
Predict drought onset months ahead from climate signals.
- 02
One risk score
Combine many indices into a single, explainable risk score.
- 03
Impact links
Connect drought to yields, prices and migration with ML.
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