This document outlines a policy-oriented study on remote sensing methods for agricultural drought monitoring. It describes the partners and their qualifications, defines the main objective as formulating concrete drought monitoring methods and intervention levels for key crops, and lays out the process flow and activities. Progress so far includes analysis of soil water status, time series spectral data collection, yield data assessment, and creating masks and extracting arable land from MODIS images. The outputs will be reports on soil water content, remote sensing and GIS tools for monitoring, and integrating tools and levels into monitoring systems. Reflections were provided on capacity building, report comments, and linking with other activities.