Background information

The portal provides up-to-date information, including short-term and long-term forecasts of drought, soil water saturation and their effects on vegetation in the Czech Republic, Slovakia and, to a limited extent, in the countries of the Central European region. The portal, which was created in 2012, is operated by a number of prominent Czech scientists.

Content of measure

The portal provides information on the impacts of drought, soil water saturation and an estimate of the relative condition of the vegetation relative to the normal state derived from data from the seasons 2000-2015. The website also provides information on damage to the soil fund by drought and its expected effects on agricultural yields. All data is processed into clear map overviews and graphs. The Intersucho portal is operated by three institutions. These are the Global Change Research Institute of the Academy of Sciences of the Czech Republic (CzechGlobe), the Mendel University in Brno and the State Land Office. In the initial years, the project was financed from the Operational Program Research, Development and Education. Currently, the operation of the Intersucho portal is supported by the AV21 Strategy and the DriDanube project.

Use of measure

The forecast of soil moisture and drought intensity with a view of up to 9 days using a set of models for numerical weather forecasting serves for better decision-making in crop production and at the same time for more optimal use of agricultural land. The portal is used by the professional public and workers in agriculture and forestry.

Target groups

Workers	Businesses	Citizens
Does not apply to workers	Other businesses	Applies to all citizens

Actors and funding

Actors	Funding
National government Other social actors (e.g. NGOs)	European Funds National funds Other

Social partners

Social partners' role in designing the measure and form of involvement:

	Trade unions	Employers' organisations
Role	No involvement	No involvement
Form	Not applicable	Not applicable

Social partners' role in the implementation, monitoring and assessment phase:

• No involvement
• Main level of involvement: N/A

Involvement

So social partners involvement in the designing and development of the measure.

Views and reactions

No views have been expressed by social partners.

Sectors and occupations

This case is not occupation-specific.

Sources

• 14 November 2023: INTERSUCHO