Sri Lanka Water Partnership (GWP Sri Lanka) in collaboration with the Food and Agriculture Organisation (FAO) organised the above stakeholder discussion on 28 August 2025 in Colombo, Sri Lanka.
The stakeholder dialogue on Drought Management and Impacts on Community Food Security in Sri Lanka was organised with the objective of providing opportunity for concerned parties including the public and private sector, research community, non-profits and donors to engage in an open and constructive discussion on multifaceted challenges of national drought management. The dialogue consisted of a keynote speech, three technical presentations and a panel discussion which provided a clear picture to the participants the institutional and policy gaps in drought management in Sri Lanka, its effects on agriculture and food security and potential innovative financing mechanisms to promote sustainable drought risk management.
