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Water purification technologies

SLM example from the WOCAT database

Mulch, screen and irrigation technology (Tonga)

Recharge depleted groundwater reserves

Groundwater recharge

Water reuse and recycling

Desalination technology

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Vegetated earth-banked terraces (Spain)

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In situ decomposition of banana stalks (Philippines)

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Livestock insurance program (Kenya)

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Convert marginal cropping land to grazing (Slovenia)

Keyhole homestead/domestic gardens (Bangladesh)

SLM example from the WOCAT database

Banana intercropping on sloping land (Lao PDR)

SLM example from the WOCAT database

Dedha grazing system (Kenya)

SLM example from the WOCAT database

Use of waste water for irrigation (Italy)

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Rainwater harvesting (Saint Lucia)

Solar powered groundwater pumps

Growing corn using drip irrigation (Cambodia)

Technological and social adaptability approaches

Drought proof drought prone villages (India)

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On-farm ponds to harvest rainwater (Cambodia)

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Rice grain bank as community safety net (Cambodia)

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Prosopis cineraria agroforestry (India)

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Integrated floodwater spreading systems (Iran)

Rainwater harvesting in Kiribati

Integrated Drought Management HelpDesk: Mitigation, Preparedness & Response

Integrated Drought Management HelpDesk

Tools, methodologies, publications, and best practices

FAO: The Drought Portal

Good water governance toolbox

GWP: Integrated Water Resources Management Toolbox

Manage SOC using sustainable land management to pursue LDN

Decision trees for SOC estimation and management to achieve LDN

Realising the Carbon Benefits of Sustainable Land Management Practices. A report of the Science-Policy Interface

Improving water supply infraestructure

Reducing losses in water supply infrastructure

Fog harvesting

Household-level access to piped water

Soap and sanitizer distribution programs

Crop diversification

Water efficient, drought tolerant crop varieties

Data-acquisition unit (arQ)

Agrometeorological stations in highly vulnerable agricultural areas

Irrigation techniques, efficiency of water use

Modernisation of irrigation to use less water

New or expanded irrigation systems

Irrigation strategies

Deficit irrigation

Livestock practices during drought

Livestock rotation practices and de-stocking

New livestock watering points

Use of native plant species, traditional knowledge

Use of indigenous feed and fodder

Livestock breed tolerant to drought

Low water use animals/breeds

Store cut hay for drought times

Stockpile fodder

Rangeland and grazing systems management

Forage reserves

Plantings of trees and shrubs in agricultural systems

Shelterbelts

Crop diversification

Early maturing crop varieties

Water, soil and crop requirements

Proper fertilisation

Monitoring water quality

Better ground/surface water monitoring systems

Soil conservation

No-till/conservation agriculture

Plant phenology and plant development

Adjust cropping calendars to avoid heat stress

Long-term benefits in groundwater

Groundwater management and conservation

Measurement: consumption of water

Monitoring and metering water resources

Water storage practices

Increase capacity of exisiting water storages

Domestic rainwater harvesting structures

Water purification technology: Reverse osmosis

Back-up water supply infrastructure – e.g. RO units

Improve water facilities for schools

Improved water supply to schools (large concrete tanks and wells)

Sonoma County Master Gardeners have produced several documents that address gardening under drought conditions.

Food gardening in a drought water-saving strategies

Drought Toolbox

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