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Aquí encontrará todas las últimas noticias sobre el proyecto WaPOR, desde conferencias y eventos mundiales en los que participa el proyecto, hasta noticias específicas de cada país, así como nuevos recursos a disposición. 

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Irrigation performance tool co-design workshop in Mozambique
20/05/2023

The WaPOR project conducted a co-design workshop from 18th to 20th May 2023, facilitated by the International Water Management Institute (IWMI) and FAO. The primary focus of the workshop was to identify the information requirements of stakeholders for the irrigation performance tool, a...

The FAO and the Moroccan Centre de Ressources du Pilier II du Plan Maroc Vert (CRP2) signed a letter of agreement to ensure the development of water and agriculture geo-services in the basin of Oum Er Rbia, using WaPOR data and methodologies.
WaPOR iniciará sus actividades en Marruecos
10/05/2023
La FAO y el Centre de Ressources du Pilier II du Plan Maroc Vert (CRP2) de Marruecos firmaron un acuerdo para garantizar el desarrollo de geoservicios de agua y agricultura en la cuenca de Oum Er Rbia, utilizando datos y metodologías de WaPOR.
FAO Experts Showcase Advances in Land and Water Management at European Space Agency Workshop on High Resolution Thermal Satellite Imagery
10/05/2023

The European Space Agency (ESA) recently organized the International Workshop on High-Resolution Thermal Earth Observation (EO), where experts from the Food and Agriculture Organization (FAO) shared their work in land and water management. Livia Peiser, the Technical Officer ...

WaPOR at the 3rd Baghdad International Water Conference on May 6
08/05/2023

Jippe Hoogeveen, a staff of the Land and Water division at the Food and Agriculture Organization (FAO) and Chief Technical Officer for the WaPOR project, recently attended the third Baghdad International Water Conference held between May 6 and 7, 2023.

During the event, Mr. Hoogeveen pa...

El nuevo portal WaPOR fue presentado durante la reunión del proyecto en la FAO
08/05/2023
El equipo de WaPOR, los socios internacionales del proyecto y los proveedores de servicios de datos se reunieron la semana pasada en la sede de la FAO en Roma, Italia. Esta fue la primera oportunidad para que el equipo de WaPOR se reuniera en persona. Diez coordinadores nacionales de la FAO que viajaban desde los países del proyecto WaPOR (más uno en línea desde Sudán) se unieron al equipo con sede en Roma.
WaPOR at the 2023 UN Water Conference: summary and outcomes
24/03/2023
On World Water Day 2023, 22-24 March, the world turned its gaze towards the United Nations Headquarters in New York City for the 2023 Conference for the Midterm Comprehensive Review...
WaPOR data used in the Bekaa Valley, Lebanon to support irrigation
22/03/2023
On the occasion of World Water Day 2023, 22 March, the FAO Investment Center, in conjunction with the World Bank, released a brief that features WaPOR data on the key...
WaPOR data validation training in Sudan
21/03/2023

In an three-day event from March 19th to 21st, 2023, the IHE Delft Institute for Water Education held a dynamic face-to-face training workshop on WaPOR Data Validation in Khartoum, Sudan. This anticipated training marked the second installment following the highly introductory training on WaPO...

Workshop on the use of WaPOR data for Pastoralism in Bamako, Mali
09/03/2023
Recent national consultations conducted under the auspices of FAO in Burkina Faso, Chad, Mali and Senegal have identified specific sectoral applications that could help solve key problems in the areas...
WaPOR presented at a field day with farmers in the Gezira Scheme, Sudan
04/03/2023
The Agricultural Research Corporation and ICARDA (International Center for Agricultural Research in the Dry Areas) organized a field day on March 4th, 2023 at the Alkumur area in the Gezira...
Symposium Discusses Reality and Challenges of Water Security In Jordan
27/02/2023
​Under the patronage of the University of Jordan (UJ) President, the department of Geography at the School of Arts in cooperation with the Environmental Geographical Association held a symposium entitled:...
Consultative meeting between the national steering committee and the WaPOR international team (FAO, IWMI, IHE-Delft)
17/02/2023
The meeting which took place on 9 February is recounted in a press release in the UN Iraq website in English and in Arabic.  Image credit: UN Iraq
Session on Innovations for the National Water Roadmaps
16/02/2023
Join us on Thrusday 23 February online for the second day of the FAO Regional Workshop on National Water Roadmaps for an innovations accelerator session that will include presentations and a...
WaPOR introductory training in Adama, Ethiopia
15/02/2023
From 16 January to 18 January 2023 a three day training was carried in the city of Adama. The key objectives of the training were to familiarize trainees with WaPOR...
Training and needs assessment workshop on WaPOR applications in Algiers
09/02/2023
As part of the activities of the WaPOR 2 project in Algeria, a training and needs assessment workshop on WaPOR applications was organized from January 30 to February 01, 2023...
pyWaPOR training in Tando Jam, Pakistan
23/01/2023
Between 17 and 20 January 2023, Bert Coerver an expert on remote sensing from the FAO WaPOR team led a 4-day training workshop in Tando Jam at the Sindh Agriculture University.  During...
WaPOR training in Iraq on data collection for crop mapping
23/01/2023
From Sunday 15 Jan 2023 in Baghdad, Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations in Iraq (FAO) in collaboration with Ministry of Water Resources (MoWR) conducted a 5-day training...
Stakeholder meeting and pilot area selection in Tunisia
13/01/2023
In the framework of the WaPOR 2 project activities in Tunisia, a validation workshop of the intervention sites and the 2023 action plan was organised on 15 December 2022 at...
Data validation workshop in Jordan
13/01/2023
In collaboration with IHE-Delft, FAO WaPOR conducted a 3 days in-person training on WaPOR data validation between the 12 and the 14 of December 2022 in Amman, Jordan. Twenty five participants...
Team 16 wins the hackathon with a proposal for an advisory service for Sudanese farmers
19/12/2022
On Friday 16/12/2022, the closing event for the 1st online WaPOR hackathon organized by WaPOR partner, IHE Delft, took place virtually and was livestreamed on youtube (you can watch it in...