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AQUASTAT

AQUASTAT is FAO's global information system on water and agriculture.
It collects, analyses and disseminates data and information by country and by region. Its aim is to provide users interested in global, regional and national analyses with comprehensive information related to water resources and agricultural water management across the world, with emphasis on countries in Africa, Asia, Latin America and the Caribbean.
Among the information available: main country database; Databases on African dams, on institutions, on river sediment yields, and on investment costs in irrigation

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CropWat

CROPWAT is a decision support system developed by the Land and Water Development Division of FAO. CROPWAT is meant as a practical tool to help agro-meteorologists, agronomists and irrigation engineers to carry out standard calculations for evapotranspiration and crop water use studies, and more specifically the design and management of irrigation schemes.

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Climwat

Climwat is a climatic database to be used in combination with the computer program CROPWAT. It includes data from a total of 3262 meteorological stations from 144 countries.

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FAO/F.Botts
Capacity Development for Water in Agriculture

Finding suitable Education and Training Courses in Irrigation, Drainage and Flood Control.

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Irrigation equipment supply (IES)

IES is a database that seeks to establish a list of irrigation equipment services worldwide. IES has been developed as part of FAO's mandate to provide information on irrigation. Prospective beneficiaries of IES are those who need to locate information on irrigation equipment at regional or country level.

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FAO/R. Faidutti
Wastewater Database

This database contains information on wastewater production, treatment, re-use, as well as economic information provided by member states.

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