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Drip Irrigation Manual for Farmers in arabic
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This irrigation manual provides practical information for farmers on basic drip irrigation principles and practices. It has been elaborated in the framework of project GCP/MOR/033/SPA, Pilot Project to Improve Irrigation Water Use in the Doukkala irrigation scheme (Morocco), funded by the Spanish Ministry of Agriculture.
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Sustainable Land-Water Management (SLM)
User Needs Survey

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Are you a natural resources/agriculture expert, project manager, field technician, policy maker, WOCAT network member or another SLM stakeholder? We want to hear from you!

Your opinion on the SLM Knowledge Management (KM) and Decision Support (DS) methods, tools and products developed by FAO and WOCAT is very valuable to us!

Help us to improve the existing SLM KM and DS tools by taking part in this survey.
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United Nations Post 2015 Consultation on Water
New FAO-prepared framing paper on Water for Food
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Agriculture - including crop farming, fishery, forestry and livestock - is the largest water user and needs to adapt to increasing uncertainty and water scarcity. This FAO prepared framing paper for the UN Post 2015 Consultation on Water examines the problems this is likely to pose in the coming decades, and hints at some possible solutions to the increasing demand for water.
frecciaDownload Framing Paper (800 Kb PDF)
frecciaWater Scarcity
New analytical report highlights major issues on water security
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This new UN-Water publication, proposes a working definition of water security developed by a broad range of contributors including FAO. It serves as a starting point for dialogue on water security in the UN system draws hevily from last years FAO-produced report on The State of agriculture resources for food and agriculture (SOLAW)
frecciaDownload Analytical Brief as PDF (2.2 MB)
frecciaSOLAW Website
frecciaWater Productivity
World Water Day celebrated at FAO HQ in Rome

wwd13 at FAOWorld Water Day was once again observed at FAO Headquarters in Rome, this year on the topic of The International Year of Water Cooperation, with a musical concert and the exhibition and distribution of UN-Water and FAO materials related to the topic of Water Cooperation.

Download the infographic on Water Cooperation: frecciaEnglish frecciaEspañol
View the Official Water Cooperation 2013 Brochure: frecciaEnglish frecciaFrançais
Download our Water Cycle Poster for Kids: frecciaEnglish frecciaFrançais frecciaEspañol
Irrigation water requirement and water withdrawal for irrigation
Major review undertaken by AQUASTAT
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To estimate the pressure of irrigation on the available water resources AQUASTAT, has undertaken a major review of irrigation water requirement and water withdrawal for irrigation for 167 countries. Detailed irrigated crop calendars have been prepared by country.

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frecciaVisit the AQUASTAT irrigation water use page
New 3-min animation:
agricultural water management solutions for poverty reduction
Discover how motor pumps can change lives!

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3-min animation showing the impacts of access to motor pumps for irrigation on farmers' livelihood, food security and poverty reduction.
Animation produced by Kantfish.com Production with an original soundtrack by DDGProject.com for FAO in the framework of the AGWATER Solutions project.

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Promotional Material: 2013 FAO Desktop Calendar
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FAO Water calendar The May 2013 desktop calendar is now available!

Download your calendar, selecting 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.

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