Objectives
This interactive workshop convenes policymakers, academics, and subject matter experts across Pennsylvania to exchange insights on drought vulnerability and strengthening resilience. The participants will review a new resilience framework model designed to integrate drought vulnerability assessments with proactive resilience strategies.
Key Takeaways
What are the relevant drought indicators for Pennsylvania?
How can we assess drought vulnerability and resilience?
How can we increase the drought resilience of small farmers?
Time & Venue
Wednesday, January 17, 2024, 10 AM to 2:30 PM
Penn State Harrisburg
E134 Olmsted Building
777 West Harrisburg Pike, Middletown, PA 17057
Schedule
10:00 AM
Introduction
10:30 AM
Assessing drought resilience using indexed-based approaches
12:00 PM
Networking Lunch
1:00 PM
Understanding relationships between drought vulnerability and resilience
2:00 PM
A decision support system for drought resilience
2:30 PM
Adjourn
Format
The workshop format will be participatory to actively engage participants and leverage their knowledge/expertise to achieve the workshop objectives. Activities will be performed in small breakout group discussions and exercises. The morning sessions will focus on drought resilience, and the afternoon sessions will focus on tangible implementation plans and solutions to implement the discussed framework.