Felix Reinders is the second Chair of The Global Framework on Water Scarcity in Agriculture (WASAG) who was elected on 2 September 2020 by the WASAG Steering Committee. Mr. Reinders is a professional engineer with a strong...

The COVID-19 pandemic has heavily affected modalities of delivery of capacity-development activities around the world. Like many other organizations, the Food and Agriculture Organization of the UN (FAO) had to quickly adapt face-to-face training contents to the online environment. Some critical components of capacity-development activities needed to be carefully evaluated...

The Nyagatare district (Eastern Province) is Rwanda’s breadbasket - a vast area of agricultural land providing food for the entire country. The people of this district are mainly farmers, rearing livestock and cultivating crops such as maize and rice, but they suffer a long dry season stretching from June to...

The Nile River Basin faces a huge challenge in terms of water security. With an expected doubling of the population in the basin in the next twenty-five years, water supply in the basin will be further depleted as demands for agriculture, domestic and industry continues to grow. Water availability in...

Access to a healthy environment and to fresh, nutritious and diverse food is critical for everyone. The livelihood conditions and the available means for action for the most vulnerable segments of society, especially the millions of smallholder producers and the landscapes where they act upon will depend on land, water...

In a world with 7 billion people to feed and growing concerns about land and water scarcity, today’s professionals need easy access to up-to-date information, models, approaches and technologies to support evidence-based decision-making for water resources assessments and sustainable food production. In this context, AQUAMAPS contributes to the design...

The engagement of youth and young professionals plays a key role achieving the Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs).  Today's youth are more geographically mobile and technologically connected than any other generation. Moreover, they hold a capital of innovative and scalable solutions and ideas that are often overlooked. In the context of COVID-19...

New publication on “Water, sanitation, hygiene and wastewater management to prevent infections and reduce the spread of antimicrobial resistance” The world is facing high rates of antimicrobial resistance (AMR), the capacity of microorganisms to resist medicines used to treat infections. This is a major global...

In the context of reporting on the SDG indicators 6.4.1 and 6.4.2, FAO has developed in collaboration with the UN Economic and Social Commission for Asia and the Pacific (ESCAP), the Russian version of both e-learning courses on the "Change in water-use efficiency over time - SDG indicator 6.4.1" and...