Produced jointly by the Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO) and the United Nations Convention to Combat Desertification (UNCCD), with contributions from multiple stakeholders, the English version of the technical guide was launched in May 2022 at UNCCD COP15, opening a new chapter on ongoing efforts to...

Friday, 5 May 2023 from 9.00 to 10.30 CEST | FAO headquarters (Ethiopia Room) and online Register here to join the event on Zoom >>> WaPOR, FAO's portal to monitor Water Productivity through Open access of Remotely sensed derived data is migrating to the FAO Hand in Hand platform and...

At the high level side event on National Leadership for Inclusive Water Governance which took place on 23 March at the UN 2023 Water Conference in New York, FAO launched the Global Dialogue on Water Tenure. The initiative, a key FAO commitment for the Water Action Agenda, aims...

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 topic of agricultural water management in the Bekaa Valley in Lebanon titled  “Irrigating from Space”. WaPOR is FAO’s portal to monitor Water Productivity...

AQUASTAT, FAO's Global Information System on Water and Agriculture, just released 2020 data and indicators of over 70 countries. The update is the result of a data collection and validation  process in collaboration with AQUASTAT national correspondents at country level. The updates include the 2020 SDG 6.4 target indicators, water use...