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Databases & Software: New Aquacrop practical exercise

	A new Aquacrop practical exercise is now available on the FAO-Water website. The exercise tests users on their abiility to Create Climate files using the Aquacrop software. The step-by-step solution is also provided. Aquacrop is the FAO crop-model to simulate yield response to water of several herbaceous crops.
	Download Aquacrop practical exercise Download solution to practical exercise Visit Aquacrop Microsite

Publication: Enduring Farms: climate change,
smallholders and traditional farming communities

Farmers living in harsh environments in the regions of Africa, Asia and Latin America, in continuous coping with extreme weather events and climatic variability, have developed and/or inherited complex farming systems that have the potential to bring solutions to many uncertainties facing humanity in an era of climate change.
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Promotional Material: 2010 FAO Desktop Calendar

	After the success of the past two years, we are happy to once again bring you the FAO Water desktop calendar this time for 2010. Download your desktop calendar with beautiful water images. Simply select your screen size to open the calendar image in a new window then right click on the image and select 'Set as Desktop Item' form the menu that appears.
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Databases & Software:
Aquacrop Version 3.1 Now Available for Download

FAO Water Promotional Material photo Swiatek Wojtkowiak

The latest version of Aquacrop is now available for download at the FAO-Water website. Aquacrop is the FAO crop-model to simulate yield response to water of several herbaceous crops. Also featured is a new section on a series of Worldwide Aquacrop Workshops: “Capacity Development for Farm Management Strategies to Improve Crop-Water Productivity using AquaCrop”

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Water report #34: Irrigation in the Middle East region

	This new report presents the results of the most recent survey carried out in 18 countries in the Middle East Region, grouped into 4 sub-regions: Arabian Peninsula, Caucasus, Islamic Republic of Iran and Near East.
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Water Report #33: Scoping Agriculture - Wetland Interactions

People have had an intimate association with wetlands from prehistory to the present day. Wetlands such as swamps, marshes and estuaries have been among the most attractive areas in the landscape, satisfying a variety of needs for hunting and gathering, spirituality, water resources and agriculture.
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Land and Water discussion paper 7 :
Coping with Water Scarcity: What Role for Biotechnologies?

Water scarcity affects all social and economic sectors and threatens the sustainability of the natural resources base. Addressing water scarcity requires an intersectoral and multidisciplinary approach to managing water resources in order to maximize economic and social welfare in an equitable manner without compromising the sustainability of vital ecosystems. Integration across sectors is needed. This integration needs to take into account development, supply, use and demand, and to place the emphasis on people, their livelihood and the ecosystems that sustain them.

Land and Water discussion paper 7

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Water and the Rural Poor

For millions of smallholder farmers, fishers and
herders in sub-Saharan Africa (SSA), water is
one of the most important production assets.
Water is key to enhancing rural people livelihoods, because insecure access to water for consumption and productive uses is a major constraint on poverty reduction in rural areas of sub-Saharan Africa. FAO and IFAD are working together to explore ways to better the livelihoods of many, through targeted interventions.