Quinoa, which has high nutrient content and adaptability to various marginal conditions has been identified by various organizations, such as FAO, the International Center for Biosaline Agriculture (ICBA) and CIRAD, as a food that has vital role to play in the realization of food and nutrition security globally. Subsequently, it [...]

FAO DG QU Dongyu's video message for the World Day to Combat Desertification and Drought.

This webinar organized by The Global Framework on Water Scarcity in Agriculture (WASAG) hosted by the FAO Land and Water Division was an opportunity to share the WASAG’s Framework on Financing Mechanisms. This Framework aims to identify and support new approaches to finance water for agriculture. These approaches will inform [...]

Keynote speech by Sasha Koo-Oshima, Deputy Director of the Land & Water Division at the Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO)

The working group on “Saline Agriculture”, under the framework of WASAG, organized a webinar titled "Soil and water management in salt affected areas: practical solutions and tools" to share knowledge and experience in addressing the multiple challenges related to agriculture of these zones. The aim of the webinar was the [...]

Virtual workshop on "The use of ICT tools in agriculture and water management in Lebanon”, organized by IWMI and LARI in the framework of the FAO project “Remote sensing for water productivity” (WaPOR). To see WaPOR in action, visit: https://wapor.apps.fao.org

The Global Framework on Water Scarcity in Agriculture (WASAG) hosted by the FAO Land and Water Division held its second webinar on Saline Agriculture titled "Saline Agriculture: Scaling up Opportunities and Challenges". The objective of the webinar was to share knowledge and experience on global projects related to saline farming, [...]

The implementation of the Code of Conduct for the Sustainable Use and Management of Fertilizers webinar was held on 19th, May 2020. The webinar addressed the importance of the continuous effort to raise awareness on fertilizers as a means to improve production and productivity. The main goal consists of further [...]

Yemen is predominantly a rural country, with close to 70 percent of its population living outside urban areas. Irrigated agriculture is the primary source of food, employment and economic activity. Water scarcity poses one of the most significant constraints to increasing food production in a country where more than half [...]