A new MOOC on Introduction to WaPORv3 is now available and anyone can register and follow the course at their own pace. 

The course has four parts:

• Introduction to WaPOR v3
  
• The WaPOR portal v3
  
• WaPORDL: Download WaPOR v3 data
  
• WaPOR spati...

 

The International Water Management Institute (IWMI), in collaboration with the Direction Nationale de l'Agriculture (DNA) and with the support of FAO, have organized a workshop to co-develop an agricultural drought monitoring and management platform using WaPOR remote sensing data.

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From 13 to 15 March 2024, a WaPOR data introduction training was held in Bogotá, Colombia. The Institute for Water Education (IHE-Delft) organized the activity in collaboration with FAO. 

Entities such as the National Planning Department, Ministry of Environment, Ministry of Agricul...

Three new high-resolution areas are now available on WaPOR v3 portal for the subnational level in Northern Egypt (Egypt), Baixo Limpopo (Mozambique), and Mwea, Tana and Bura (Kenya).

High-resolution areas (level 3) at 20 mt can be used to assess the functioning of irrigation systems to p...

WaPOR 2 inception workshop was held in Islamabad, Pakistan, on Monday 4 March 2024.

The workshop was attended by 51 participants from different fields and all over the country, including 4 provinces. The participants were actively involved to enhance the understandin...

Within the framework of the implementation of the activities of the project "Monitoring land and water productivity by remote sensing WaPOR phase 2" financed by the government of the Netherlands, a regional QGIS training for water productivity analysis is organized by the Food and Ag...

On 8 February 2024, the WaPOR team visited the project area in Jendouba, in Tunisia. Jendouba is one of the two Tunisian high-resolution areas, available at 20m resolution on the new WaPOR portal. The International Water Management Institute (IWMI) installed humidity sensors last January, with...

FAO's portal to monitor Water Productivity through Open-access of Remotely sensed derived data (WaPOR) was presented during the Digitalisation Session of the 5th Mediterranean Forum, held from 5 to 7 February in Tunis, Tunisia.

The portal was presented as an example to improve agricultu...

Between 4 and 7 February, WaPOR hosted a regional training in Jordan including participants from Jordan itself, Iraq, Palestine and Egypt. 

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Last November, the Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO) signed an agreement with the Ministry of Agriculture (MoA) of Ethiopia to support the Irrigation management information system (IMISET) in the country.

IMISET is a web-based information system run by the Min...

2023 has been a full year for WaPOR!

Our involvement in key events like the UN Water Con...

In January 2024, the FAO, in collaboration with the International Water Management Institute (IWMI), conducted the second on-the-job training of the series on the use of WaPOR data for irrigation performance assessment in the north Jordan Valley. Nine technical staff fro...

La FAO, en collaboration avec l'Institut international de gestion de l'eau (IWMI), a lancé une série de formations sur le terrain portant sur l'utilisation des données de télédétection WaPOR pour l'évaluation des performances de l'irrigation dans la vallée du nord de la ...

At this year's edition of the International Advanced School in Agricultural Meteorology in Bratislava, Slovakia, Bert Coerver conducted a comprehensive day-long training session on WaPOR for approximately 25 participants from diverse backgrounds. Throughout the day, attendees were introduced t...

The International Water Management Institute (IWMI), in collaboration with the FAO and the Ministry of Agriculture (MoA) in Ethiopia, recently introduced the WaPOR tool during 2-day (December 5 to 7) training event at the ILRI campus in Addis Ababa. This is a step in the of an effort carried b...

Three important meetings were held to present and discuss the initial prototype of the Irrigation Performance Assessment Tool for the North Jordan Valley, developed by the International Water Management Institute (IWMI). The first meeting, which took place on September 26, involved 5 participa...

The WaPOR 2 inception workshop in Egypt has taken place in Cairo on 28 November 2023. The workshop was attended by 50 participants from diverse fields who actively engaged in the discussions regarding harnessing WaPOR data for effective impact.

The workshop facilitated fruitful exchanges...

IHE Delft launched on-the-job Water Accounting Plus (WA+) training on August 1, 2023, providing participants with a foundational virtual experience. A crucial face-to-face training session unfolded at the ILRI Campus in Addis Ababa, Ethiopia, from November 17 to 22, 2023. Over three intensive day...

As part of the WaPOR 2 project activities in Tunisia, a training workshop on the WaPOR concept and validation took place from November 21 to 22, 2023, at the Novotel Hotel in Tunis. The workshop aimed to achieve specific objectives, including refreshing participants on the WaPOR database, its ...