1. Introduction 2. Drought, migration, and conflict: What are the links and policy options? 3. Lessons from the El Nino-Induced Drought for the Southern Africa Development Community 4. Latin America and Caribbean and Northeast Brazil 5. Drought in the Yucatan: Maya Perspectives on Tradition, Change, and Adaptation 6. Drought adaptation in rural Colombia 7. Drought and the Gendered Livelihoods implications for smallholder farmers 8. Integrating regional climate and drought characteristics for effective assessment and mitigation of droughts in India 9. Earth-observation based assessment of selected targets and indicators of the Sendai Framework for Disaster Risk 10. Drought Monitoring and assessment inSouth Asia: Focus on integration of satellite technology and the future of food security 11. Early Warning Systems for drought and violent conflict -- towards potential cross-pollination 12. Making weather index insurance rational and effective for agriculture and livestock forage: Policy lessons from Andhra Pradesh 13. Drought Risk Insurance 14. An assessment of early warning systems to drought resilience among agricultural communities in Tanzania, Kenya and Mali 15. Impactof Climate Smart Agriculture on Resilience of Households to Climate Change in Northern Uganda 16. Can Social Protection Schemes deliver Resilience? Evidence from Rural Ethiopia 17. Drought responses and livestock management strategies after severe drought in semi-arid area, Laikipia, Kenya 18. Building resilience to drought among small scale farmers in East African drylands: technological options and governance perspectives 19. Drought preparedness in the Arid Lands of Kenya: What have we learned? 20. Achieving policy coherence for drought resilient food security in SSA -- lessons from the Horn of Africa 21. Managing water scarcity in dryland Colorado 22. Conclusion