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Professional position available - Support for regional initiative
Senior Consultant - sustainable agricultural water management in the Near East
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| The consultant will be part of the team in charge of the Water scarcity initiative both in Regional office for the Near East and Land and Water Division in order to deliver a draft strategy by November 2013. In particular, s/he will ensure smooth implementation of the national assessments in the 5-6 selected countries, and compile regional and national findings into a draft strategy document. |  |
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FAO Regional Initiative on Water Scarcity in the Near East
Collaborative strategy and partnership to address the water-food security nexus
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FAO Water Report No. 39
Irrigation in Central Asia in figures
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| This report presents the results of the most recent survey carried out in the six countries of the Central Asia region, and it analyses the changes that have occurred in the ten years since the first survey. Following the AQUASTAT methodology, the survey relied as much as possible on country-based statistics and information. |  |
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Smallholders and sustainable wells
A Retrospect: Participatory Groundwater
Management
in Andhra Pradesh (India)
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 Central to the concept of Participatory Groundwater Management is community ownership and treatment of groundwater as a common property resource. The core principle is demystification of hydrological science for the benefit of rural communities, enabling them to blend their local hydrological knowledge for sustainable management of their groundwater resources. Great emphasis is put on reducing the agricultural water demand through a myriad of options such as changes in cropping pattern, water use efficiency and artificial groundwater recharge. |
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Visit the Groundwater Governance website
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Land & Water Days
Preparing for the regional workshop in Cairo
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| Register and propose inputs if you have interest/projects in the Near east & North Africa region. |
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World Environment Day
New video highlights the perils of food waste
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| To celebrate World Environment Day on 5 June. FAO has worked with SIWI to produce 'WASTE' -- an informative short film on the relationship between food waste and resource waste. The production of the film was commissioned by WWF Germany and UNEP. |  |
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More on World Environment Day
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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. |
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Water Scarcity
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