Due to its wide-ranging consequences, drought is now the most significant climate hazard. This phenomenon, which is affecting more and more areas around the world, has major impacts on agricultural production, hindering it in the short term but also potentially slowing it down in the longer term. One of the best responses to drought today appears to be improving the resilience of farms, which is what agroecology aims to achieve.
To better understand the current situation and the potential contributions of agroecology to managing this hazard, this document provides answers to questions regarding drought, as well as an overview of the levers and tools that agroecology can offer to strengthen farms’ capacity to withstand drought, adapt and transform. This overview is organised across three levels, as resilience is considered at the farm level, but also at the regional and national levels.
Finally, the final section explores the institutional approaches currently in place to manage droughts, as agroecology is not yet a commonly used framework in this matter.
