This report provides the water accounting study for the Awash River Basin in the central Rift Valley of Ethiopia which experiences water scarcity. Indeed, the Awash River Basin is the most utilized river basin in Ethiopia hosting most of the industrial activities in the country, a number of small to large...

The online seminar on “RECSOIL: Recarbonization of Global Soils” presents the RECSOIL initiative, an innovative tool designed to address the key challenges humanity faces today within an enabling framework integrated by a series of institutions and commitments related to sustainable soil management, climate change and sustainability. The main...

FAO and the Global Mechanism of the United Nations Convention to Combat Desertification (UNCCD), in collaboration with multiple partners, have published the Briefing note and Technical report titled "Land Degradation Neutrality in Small Island Developing States".The report presents the Land Degradation Neutrality (LDN) vision...

More than 220 participants attended the online seminar on “Healthy ecosystems for healthy life: the UN Decade on Ecosystem Restoration 2021-2030”, organized by the FAO Land and Water Division on 22 April 2020. Today, more than ever we are searching for a sustainable future, where practices towards a...

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 reports on agriculture water productivity over Africa and the Near East. Earth Engine's public data catalog includes a...

The COVID-19 pandemic recalls the vital importance of the achievement of the Sustainable Development Goal (SDG) 6 - Ensure availability and sustainable management of water and sanitation for all. The intrinsic value of water and its essential role and relevance in all aspects of life are undisputed.  It is a...

The World Agriculture Watch (WAW) and the National Confederation of Family Farmers' Organizations from the Philippines, PAKISAMA of Pambansang Kilusan ng mga Samahang Magsasaka, share common views and interest regarding the need to develop information systems to strengthen family farmers’ organizations (FOs). Indeed, information systems are a real asset for...

Water scarcity is already widespread and remains on the rise: it is found in nearly every region in the world. Around 36% of the world’s population is currently living in water-scarce regions. This publication shows that avoiding, reducing and reversing land degradation have positive long-term gains...

This morning, over 70 members of the FAO Land and Water Division led by their Director Eduardo Mansur, met online to celebrate the World Water Day 2020 “Water and Climate Change” and to discuss how the water sector can tackle climate change. FAO Deputy Director-General Maria Helena Semedo kicked off the...