Meeting with the GIS specialists of the Ministry of Rural Development

The WaPOR project team in Mali recently convened a meeting with a GIS specialist to explore the integration of WaPOR data into Mali's agricultural services for drought monitoring. The Ministry of Rural Development (MDR) expressed their interest in generating drought maps using WaPOR data, aiming to assess the drought's influence on the annual cultivated surface area and formulate strategies to enhance farmers' resilience in the face of drought conditions.