About the course
Drought is a costly natural disaster, especially impacting agriculture, and the frequency and intensity of drought events are increasing due to climate change. Shifting to proactive drought management is essential, but economic challenges often hinder decision-making.
This course, based on the publication “Economic assessment of drought risk management - A two-tier framework for cost-benefit analysis of proactive versus reactive drought management" aims to address these challenges by providing frameworks and case studies to support informed decision-making in drought management.
The course is composed of 3 modules:
- Module 1: Understanding the costs and benefits of drought management
- Module 2: Benefits of action and cost of inaction (BACI) Decision Framework
- Module 3: Proactive Maximin Option Framework
System requirements
This course can be accessed online, clicking on the links below, without registration. It runs on the latests versions of major browsers, such as Google Chrome, Microsoft Edge, Mozilla Firefox and Apple Safari.
Audience
This course targets professionals, technicians and decision makers from relevant ministries, research institutes, and national institutions operating in the field of irrigation and water management.
Module 1: Understanding the costs and benefits of drought management
Structure of the course
1. Introduction
2. Costs of drought and drought management
2.1 Cost assessment
2.2 Typology of costs
3. Benefits of proactive drought management
3.1 Benefit assessment
3.2 Typology of benefits
Module 2: Benefits of Action and Cost of Inaction (BACI) Decision Framework
Structure of the course
- Introduction
- The two-tier framework for cost-benefit analysis of drought risk management measures
- Stages of the BACI Decision framework
3.1 First stage of BACI
3.2 Second stage of BACI
3.3 Scoring methodology
Module 3: Proactive Maximin Option framework
Structure of the course
1. Introduction
2. The Proactive Maximin Option framework
2.1 The framework
2.2 Framework design and components
2.3 Scoring methodology
3. Practical exercise
Published in 2024
Duration module 1:
40 minutes
Duration of module 2:
40 minutes
Duration of module 3:
30 minutes + 20 minutes of practical exercises
