The DrySAT project aims to increase food security in Mozambique through improving drought early warning and early action and increasing efficiency of agricultural practices. TU Wien, one of the world's leading research institutes on remote sensing of soil moisture and vegetation, will develop together with the Eduardo Mondlane University, the Ministry of Agriculture and Rural Development (MADER), the Red Cross movement and the World Food Programme (WFP) Earth Observation based soil moisture and vegetation products and drought indicators for Mozambique. The project focuses on five study areas in Gaza, Sofala and Inhambane in south and central Mozambique. Here in situ soil moisture sensors are installed to validate satellite soil moisture products. Furthermore, drought indicators are calculated from operational soil moisture from Metop ASCAT EUMETSAT Satellite Application Facility on Support to Operational Hydrology and Water Management (H SAF) and from experimental Sentinel-1 surface soil moisture. Satellite soil moisture and drought indicators are ingested in the WFP Platform for Real-Time Impact and Situation Monitoring (PRISM) and workflows will be implemented at UEM.