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==== 7.4.3.2 Drought-related risk minimising instruments ====

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A more detailed review of drought instruments, and three broad policy approaches for responding to drought, is provided in Cross- Chapter Box 5 in Chapter 3. Three broad approaches include: (i) early warning systems and response to the disaster of drought (through instruments such as disaster assistance or crop insurance); (ii) disaster response ex-ante preparation (through drought preparedness plans); and (iii) drought risk mitigation (proactive polices to improve water-use efficiency, make adjustments to water allocation, funds or loans to build technology such as dugouts or improved soil management practices).

Drought plans are still predominantly reactive crisis management plans rather than proactive risk management and reduction plans. Reactive crisis management plans treat only the symptoms and are inefficient drought management practices. More efficient drought preparedness instruments are those that address the underlying vulnerability associated with the impacts of drought, thereby building agricultural producer adaptive capacity and resilience ( ''high confidence'' ) (Cross-Chapter Box 5 in Chapter 3).

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