The South African Development Community Drought Monitoring Centre (SADC-DMC) undertakes research, training, and dissemination of information on climate information and prediction. The aim of the SADC DMC is to provide early warning of climate risks to assist in mitigating the adverse impacts of extreme climatic events on agricultural production, food security, water resources, health and other socio-economic sectors.
The activities of SADC DMC include:
- conducting joint research on drought and agriculture, and climate related fields, and providing expertise to other sectors to further work in food security analysis
- development and archiving of regional and national quality controlled climate databanks
- providing training
- providing basic climate data and forecast products
The website provides further details about the centre, its staff, objectives, and research.