The Uganda National Online Drought Monitoring Tool (UNODMT) hosted by the National Emergency Coordination and Operations Centre (NECOC) within the Office of the Prime Minister (OPM) in Uganda, has been developed by the Food and Agriculture Uganda office.
This is in response to the country’s increasing vulnerability to drought and other natural hazards. Over the past decade, Uganda faces a growing number of hazards each year, with the INFORM Risk Index ranking the country 12th out of 191 globally in 2024, showing a worsening situation compared to the previous year.
As an agrarian nation heavily dependent on rain-fed agriculture, Uganda’s food security and livelihoods are particularly vulnerable to meteorological droughts...
Within this tool, drought is conceived as a combination of the following: a precipitation component, a vegetation component, and a temperature component...
By definition of CDI Equation, CDI=1.0 represents average weather conditions. If the CDI is greater than 1.0, it represents wetter than average...
| Color | Value | Description |
|---|---|---|
| < 0.4 | Extreme | Major loss of crops and pasture... |
| 0.4 - 0.6 | Severe | Wider scale of loss of crops... |
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This section provides a summary of the drought conditions across the districts as per the assessment period, DECEMBER,2024
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