Mekong Drought and Crop Watch (MDCW)
Cambodia
The Mekong Drought and Crop Watch (MDCW) provides historical and forecasted weather and seasonal scale climate information as well as drought information that can be used for local level decision making. This integrated web-based information system is intended to 1) improve the operational, technological, and institutional capabilities to prepare for and respond to droughts in the Lower Mekong region 2) support local decision-makers in drought monitoring, analysis, and forecasting 3) provide policy makers and growers with current and forecast drought indices to facilitate decision-making within the current growing season and 4) provide ecological and financial forecasting information to inform seasonal cropping decisions. MDCW assists local governments and the agricultural sector with seasonal drought forecasting for implementing short- and long-term mitigation measures during and in advance of droughts. MDCW digital solution has been developed under SERVIR SEA which is a joint initiative of the U.S. Agency for International Development (USAID), the U.S. National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA), and the Asian Disaster Preparedness Center (ADPC).
Lead (category)
Multi-partners
Name of initiative lead (and partners)
Being developed under SERVIR SEA which is a joint initiative of the U.S. Agency for International Development (USAID), the U.S. National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA), and the Asian Disaster Preparedness Center (ADPC).
Categories of Digital initiative deliverables
Specific ICT technology product and/or service delivery
ICT products/solutions and services by category
Digital Agriculture
Digital Rural Services
Non ICT products and services (deliverables)
Business and governance structure
MDCW digital solution has been developed under SERVIR SEA which is a joint initiative of the U.S. Agency for International Development (USAID), the U.S. National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA), and the Asian Disaster Preparedness Center (ADPC).
DI ICT-deliverables format
Web-based platform
Interactive data exchanges
Primary stakeholders (beneficiaries, actors, enablers)
Farmers
Government
Size, scale or scope of primary stakeholders
Digital Initiative development Stage
Fully functional. Institutional-governance structure in place
Measurable impacts on primary stakeholders and target beneficiaries
Initiative geographic scope (or coverage) (national, regional, sector specific, specific user co-horts etc)
Regional
All over Cambodia and many other counntries in the region.
On-line resource links (Web-page links, links to videos, links to reports, etc)
Link to Digital village
Link to Digital solution