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Instytut Uprawy Nawożenia i Gleboznawstwa

Agricultural Drought Monitoring System

SMSR – System Monitoringu Suszy Rolniczej is Poland’s national system for monitoring agricultural drought and assessing crop losses. Developed by Instytut Uprawy Nawożenia i Gleboznawstwa, it provides maps, indicators, and municipality-level data based on climatic water balance and soil moisture conditions. The platform combines meteorological observations and modelling to identify areas affected by drought and supports policy implementation (e.g. compensation schemes). It functions as an operational monitoring and assessment tool for agricultural drought risk, rather than a broad adaptation planning platform.

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What you can do with it

Input

  • Explore municipality-level (LAU-2) and NUTS2-level drought data across Poland
  • Use meteorological observations combined with modelled soil-moisture and crop-loss information

Output

  • Maps and graphs of agricultural drought conditions
  • Reports and decision-support material, including for compensation-scheme purposes
  • Datasets and indicators on drought and crop losses

Use it to

  • Monitor current and historical agricultural drought conditions across Poland
  • Assess climate risks to agriculture at municipality and regional level
  • Support drought-related policy implementation, including compensation schemes

Why is it relevant to climate adaptation

An operational, government-run system rather than a general planning platform — built specifically to identify drought-affected areas and support policy responses such as compensation. It offers no nature-based-solution, cost-benefit or just-resilience functionality, and underlying data has no systematic update cycle.

Used in

  • National agricultural drought monitoring and crop-loss assessment in Poland, run by the Institute of Soil Science and Plant Cultivation (IUNG)
  • Agriculture, business/industry and financial sectors, at national and subnational level

Metadata

User Group
Commission services and/or AgenciesNational authoritiesSubnational authorities
Geographic coverage
Countries:
Poland
Spatial resolution

NUTS2; LAU-2

Support of Adaptation Policy Cycle
Step 2: Assessing Climate Change Risks and Vulnerabilities
Adaptation sectors
AgricultureBusiness and industryFinancial
Climate hazards
Drought
Type of outputs
Maps and graphsReports and decision supportDatasets and indicators
Temporality of data
Historical/pastPresent
Language
English, Polish
Accessibility and usability
Moderate
Data sources
Public datasets from external providersProject-generated or processed datasetsMixed sources
Tool validation use
Expert validation / reputable institution

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