Noticias
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.
Si desea consultar las noticias de un país específico, visite las páginas específicas de los países en la sección Actividades por país.
Check out the new WaPOR case study to monitor agriculture in conflict areas: the case of the Syrian Arab Republic
19/01/2021
This new case study explores the use of WaPOR data to monitor agricultural activity in conflict areas by showcasing some irrigation schemes in the Syrian Arab Republic where infrastructure was...
FAO introduces WaPOR to water experts in India
09/12/2020
As part of its strategy to expand to new geographical areas, WaPOR has been presented at the webinar “Transforming Agricultural Water Use through mapping Water Productivity Innovative Tool (WaPOR)” organized...
The new WaPOR applications catalogue is now available for water data users to explore and learn from!
26/11/2020
The new catalogue showcases the wide range of applications of WaPOR data, and the varying contexts in which it is used.
Currently available on the WaPOR website, it acts as a...
Major milestone achieved today for Copernicus Land Surface Temperature Monitoring (LSTM) mission!
13/11/2020
The European Space Agency (ESA) will start the development of a new system that will provide invaluable information for improved estimation of water consumption and water productivity. WaPOR is proud of...
Join the WaPOR hackathon: "from Database to application”!
30/10/2020
Are you a water manager, farmer, agricultural expert, communication expert, data visualizer, graphic designer, policy maker, student, wholesaler, researcher, input provider, IT developer, or … we invite you to join...
Join WaPOR at the Cairo Water Week!
16/10/2020
Due to the high population growth and scarcity of arable land and water resources in the Middle East and North Africa region, most of agricultural development and food production policies...
WaPOR for the assessment of the impacts of conflicts and climate extremes on food and water security
12/10/2020
Livia Peiser, FAO Technical Officer, presented WaPOR as a tool to help countries assess the impacts of conflicts and climate extremes on food and water security, during one of the...
Check out the new website of the KnoWat project using WaPOR to access geospatial data on water resources!
28/09/2020
The KnoWat project has now a brand new website which provides a complete set of in-depth information on the project’s approaches, methodologies and activities in the countries and at global...
WaPOR at the International Conference “Artificial Intelligence, food for all”
24/09/2020
WaPOR was presented during the International Conference “Artificial Intelligence (AI), food for all” organized by the Rome call signatories - FAO, the Pontifical Academy for Life, IBM and Microsoft -...
IRWI: a phone app gives smallholders farmers the opportunity to improve water productivity in Egypt
16/07/2020
IWMI's Office in the Middle East and North Africa (MENA) Region led the development of IRWI phone app in partnership with SWERI (Soil, Water and Environmental institute –Agricultural Research Centre)...
Building capacity in remote sensing for water and irrigation assessments in the Syrian Arab Republic
06/07/2020
FAO, in collaboration with the National Agricultural Policy Centre (NAPC) and the General Organization of Remote Sensing (GORS) of Syria conducted a series of technical trainings on the use of...
Adding more of Copernicus data in WaPOR
10/06/2020
The European Space Agency (ESA) is supporting the development of methodologies to monitor evapotranspiration using a combination of Copernicus satellites (mainly Sentinel 2 and 3). As part of this effort,...
The Water Productivity Masterclass webinar series kicks off today!
03/06/2020
In the framework of the Water Productivity Improvement in Practice (Water-PIP) project, IHE-Delft, Wageningen University, MetaMeta and the 25% Alliance are organizing the Water Productivity Masterclass webinar series.
This webinar series...
Virtual workshop on "The use of ICT tools in agriculture and water management in Lebanon” available online!
29/05/2020
The virtual workshop organized by IWMI and LARI in the framework of the WaPOR project on 28 and 29 April 2020, gave an overview of the "Stakeholder mapping and needs...
WaPOR at the European Geosciences Union 2020: sharing geoscience online
08/05/2020
WaPOR was presented during the EGU (European Geosciences Union) 2020: Sharing Geoscience Online hosted from 4 to 8 May 2020, which brings part of the activities of the EGU General...
WaPOR dataset now also available in Earth Engine Public Data Catalog
20/04/2020
Earth Engine Data Catalog is now offering in its public catalog data from WaPOR, FAO’s portal to monitor Water Productivity through Open-access of Remotely sensed derived data, which monitors and...
FAO DG QU Dongyu calls attention to the importance of monitoring water productivity in agriculture in his video message for the World Water Day 2020.
22/03/2020
In the video message for the International Water Day 2020 on “Water and climate change”, FAO Director General QU Dongyu highlighted FAO’ support to members states in monitoring their water...
Strong interest about WaPOR at the First regional conference on improving water productivity in the Near East and North Africa (NENA) region
05/12/2019
WaPOR was presented during the 1st regional conference on improving water productivity in the NEMA region organized by FAO from 4 to 6 December 2019 in Tunis, Tunisia. The conference...
WaPOR at the International Symposium on the Use of Nonconventional Waters to Achieve Food Security
14/11/2019
The International Symposium on the Use of Nonconventional Waters to Achieve Food Security, co-organized by FAO and the Government of Spain, will be held from 14 to 15 November 2019....