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| Who We Are |
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| Meet the FAO Water Development and Management Unit |
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 Meet the people who are behind projects and experience in good practices for water management and conservation, for disseminating crucial information and assisting countries and people, all facing the same important issue: access and availability to safe water in a healthy environment, today and tomorrow.
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| FAO Water Unit: Head Quarter |
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Pasquale Steduto
Principal Officer (Deputy Director, NRL)
Holding a MSc in Water Science and a PhD in Soil-Plant-Water Relationships from the University of California in Davis, Mr Steduto has been working for more than 20 years on agricultural water use efficiency and water productivity, with a focus of crops water requirements, their yield response to water and associate modelling development under water scarcity conditions. Scientific and technical activities have been conjugated with the management of many water-related development projects in Southern Europe, North Africa, Near East and Sub Saharan Africa, also in cooperation with Centres of the CGIAR (Consultative Group on International Agricultural Research). Authors of over 100 publications in scientific journals and books, he joined FAO in 2003 and has been the UN-Water Chair for 3 years (2007-2009).  pasquale.steduto@fao.org
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Mohamed Bazza
Senior Officer (Irrigation Management)
M.S. and Ph.D. in Land and Water Sciences and M.S. in Statistics from the University of California Davis, USA. Over 30 years of experience in water resources planning and management, with a focus on agriculture water management under water scarcity conditions, irrigation management and climate change. Served as University Professor and Researcher and provided consulting services to UN Organizations, financing institutions and public and private sectors. Joined FAO in 1998 and served as Chief Technical Advisor in Yemen (2 years) and Senior Water Resources and Irrigation Officer in FAO Regional Office for the Near East (11 years). Currently leading FAO's work related to irrigation water management, with focus on technical and institutional aspects of irrigation systems management, as well as coordinating and servicing FAO Water Platform. Working experience in a large number of countries, reviewer for several scientific journals and author of over 150 papers and communications. mohamed.bazza@fao.org
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Jake Burke
Senior Officer (Water Policy)
I am an engineering hydrologist by training and and have over 25 years experience in water resource and hydro-environmental management in arid, semi-arid and humid tropical environments. This has involved working for private contractors and consultants before joining the UN Secretariat as a technical adviser in groundwater in 1992. From 2000 to date I have covered the policy aspects of agricultural water management for FAO with a strong focus on groundwater management for rural development and transboundary river basin analysis. jacob.burke@fao.org
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Jean-Marc Faurès
Senior Officer (Water Resources Management)
I am an agricultural engineer with specialization in water resources management. I spent most of my career dealing with issues related to improved productivity of water in agriculture, with emphasis on the Mediterranean region. In close collaboration with national governments, I work on the analysis and policy implications of agricultural water use and water demand management. I also participate in global perspective studies related to the impact of irrigated agriculture on water scarcity and inter-sectoral competition for water. jeanmarc.faures@fao.org
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Nicoletta Forlano
Technical Officer
(Communication and Information Manager)
I graduated in multimedia design in 1993 and have been part of pilot projects using interactivity since its early days. I have worked in the private sector on projects with the National Geographic, the Getty Conservation Institute, Ericsson, but also for the EU, where I revised projects with highly technological content. I think communication plays a crucial role in our lives and I like the challenge to bring innovation where it is less expected. I joined FAO-Water at the end of 2006, in 2007 became the UN-Water Communications Advisor and since 2010 I am responsible for the Land & Water Division's communications. nicoletta.forlano@fao.org
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Karen Frenken
Senior Officer (Water Resources Management)
As an agricultural engineer I worked for 15 years in different countries in South Asia, the Near East and mostly Sub-Saharan Africa, mainly on irrigation and water management for agricultural purposes, in particular dealing with fragile ecosystems and paying special attention to women and irrigated agriculture. After that, I was for 5 years FAO's water resources management officer for Southern and Eastern Africa, based in Zimbabwe, before joining FAO Headquarters in Rome in 2003. One of my responsibilities at present is managing the AQUASTAT Programme, FAO's global information system on water and agriculture. karen.frenken@fao.org
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Jippe Hoogeveen
Technical Officer (Water Resources)
I graduated in 1991 as an agricultural engineer, and I have been working for the FAO's water service since 1997. I am involved in projects that deal with water resources assessment on the river basin scale. I am experienced in making use of Geographical Information Systems and hydrological models as tools to provide better insight in the influence of agricultural water use on available fresh water resources. jippe.hoogeveen@fao.org
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Patricia Mejías
Technical Officer
I am an agricultural engineer, MSc in Natural Resources Management. My studies focused on the socio-economic analysis of the impact of agricultural and water policies through biophysical and economic models. I gained experience in various agricultural and economic institutions before joining FAO in 2003. I have participated in several research and technical projects aiming to ensure the sustainable use of water in agriculture (cost recovery and water tariff estimation studies, irrigation modernization). patricia.mejiasmoreno@fao.org
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Giovanni Muñoz
Technical Officer (Water Development)
The main areas of my work since I joined FAO in 2001 have been irrigation management, on-farm irrigation, crop water management, water productivity and decision support systems such as CROPWAT, for which I am currently responsible. I am an agricultural engineer specialised in water management and have working experience in projects and programmes in Latin America, Eastern Europe, Sub-Saharan Africa and more recently in Central Asia. giovanni.munoz@fao.org
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Jim Morgan
Technical Officer (Web & Print Design)
After studying Typography at Staffordshire University, I began work in 1996 as a designer for one of the UK's fastest growing e-business developers. Then, after a spell as a lecturer at my old University, I moved to Rome in 2001 to become the Design Director at the Rome office of new media specialists Deepend, where I was in charge of design output on accounts such as Swatch, Adidas and Ferrari. Now, in my sixth year at FAO, I design and produce publications, animations, videos, exhibition displays and web pages for the Unit. james.morgan@fao.org
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Stéfanie Neno
Communication and Information Specialist
I graduated with a Master's degree in Environmental Economics in 2002 and have since then worked on water-related issußes. I rapidly realized the central role of communications and, because of my personal and particular interest in them, built skills in web development, website management, social media, information and knowledge management, etc and focused my efforts on communication and outreach activities in relation to the sustainable management of natural resources. I previously worked at the United Nations World Water Assessment Programme (hosted by UNESCO), the World Water Council and in Tunisia. Stefanie.Neno@fao.org
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Livia Peiser
Technical Officer
I am a geographer with specialization in spatial analysis and natural resources management. I have been using GIS and Remote Sensing tools for several years on different subjects (food security and vulnerability analysis at UN-WFP, forest monitoring at FAO and IAO) before joining FAO NRL department, where I mainly focus on water resources. In particular, the projects I'm currently involved in deal with smallholders' agricultural water management and basin scale water accounting. Livia.Peiser@fao.org
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Guido Santini
Technical Officer (Agricultural Water Management)
I am an agronomist with specialization in agricultural socio-economics, natural resources management and spatial information management. I have international experience in project identification and management, participatory surveying and planning, and institutional support with FAO (Kenya and Uganda), UNDP (Albania) and the research institutions (Mozambique and Italy). I am mainly responsible for projects on agricultural water management investments options to improve rural livelihoods in sub-Saharan Africa and South Asia. I also provide backstopping support regarding water-related matters on projects dealing with food security and emergency in Africa. guido.santini@fao.org
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Javier Mateo-Sagasta
Associate Professional Officer (Water Quality and Environmental Aspects of Irrigation)
I hold a Degree in Agricultural Engineering from Madrid´s Polytechnic University and an MSc in Environmental Sciences from Wageningen University. Prior to joining FAO I gained experience in water related issues at different research centres, in Jordan and in the Netherlands, and in the private sector, in Spain. The main topics I have worked in are: wastewater treatment and reuse in irrigation, pressures and impacts on water bodies, river-basin management planning and water and agriculture economics. My currently work within FAO is focused on the safe use of marginal quality water for irrigation in developing countries, including field projects in Guatemala, Nicaragua, Senegal and Angola. Javier.MateoSagasta@fao.org
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Maher Salman
Technical Officer
I am a Water Management Specialist with extensive experience in the Near East region. My career has included research studies in Syria and the United Kingdom on agricultural water management. Prior to my research activities, I served as a water engineer at the Ministry of Irrigation in Syria following project development in the Euphrates and Tigris Basins. Since I joined the Land and Water Division in 2001, I focussed on developing activities in Egypt, Syria, Jordan, Lebanon, Yemen and Turkey. I also supported the development and management of the IPTRID Programme's Knowledge Systems, in particular the WCA-InfoNET and CapDevWater. maher.salman@fao.org
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Robina Wahaj
Technical Officer (Irrigation)
Robina Wahaj holds a PhD degree in Irrigation management. During her professional career she has worked on wide range of issues related to Integrated Water Resources Management; Irrigation Modernization; Performance Evaluation of the Irrigation Systems; Conjunctive use of surface and ground water for irrigation; and Gender issues in water management. She has been working in FAO for the last several years on irrigation modernization. robina.wahaj@fao.org
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Martin Ager
Water Resources Officer
Since completing an M.Sc. in engineering hydrology I have worked for over 20 years in water resources and flood defence in the UK and in development and emergency water and sanitation projects mostly in Africa. I spent 6 years working on dam construction for small scale irrigation and livestock watering. I joined FAO in 2004 as the water resources officer for southern (and initially also for east) Africa, based in the Zimbabwe Office. Working in a decentralised office you need to be a generalist, able to answer, or find the answer, to queries on anything related to agricultural water management. Much of my work is providing support to projects throughout the sub-region. I have also run several intensive training courses for government irrigation officers. martin.ager@fao.org
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Sourakata Bangoura
Land and Water Resources Officer for Central Africa
I am an agricultural engineer with specialization in Irrigation & Drainage, graduated in 1979 at the Faculty of Irrigation & Drainage, Habana Cuba. With over 20 years of experience in the field of water resources management & other rural infrastructure development for agriculture uses, with special emphasis on small-scale irrigation development and management, capacity building & policy advice. I started my career as a Lecturer (1980-1982) at the Agricultural Faculty in Guinea. From 1982 to 1996 I have worked as National Director of Rural Engineering Directorate in Guinea, project Director and national consultant and TCDC international consultant. After joining FAO in 1998, I worked as water resources Officer in RAF Africa, later as FAO Representative/OTO Technical Officer in Equatorial Guinea and presently Land &Water management Officer in FAO subregional Office for Central Africa. Sourakata.bangoura@fao.org
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Ines Beernaerts
Land and Water Resources Officer for West Africa
I am an agricultural engineer with a specialization in water resources management and have over 13 years experience within the United Nations in the water sector. Since August 2006, I am the Land and Water Resources Officer at the newly established FAO Subregional Office for West Africa, based in Ghana, where I focus on providing direct support to member countries in the subregion with the design and monitoring of sustainable projects on small-scale agricultural water development while contributing to advanced knowledge on water harvesting, small-scale irrigation and safe use of wastewater in agriculture especially in urban and peri-urban areas. ines.beernaerts@fao.org
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Thierry Facon
Senior Regional Water Management
Officer for Asia and the Pacific
I joined FAO in 1985 after graduating from France's Ecole Polytechnique and ENGREF. I moved to FAO's regional Office for Asia ad the Pacific in 1999 after several years at Headquarters and development projects in the Pacific and the Caribbean. My present priorities are: the modernization of irrigation systems in Asia through capacity building, tools for appraising and improving the system's performance and management, analysis of impacts of projects and institutional reforms, and support to country strategies and investment programmes; the multifunctionality of irrigation systems; improving rice water management; and integrated water resources manageent and strategic planning in the water sector. thierry.facon@fao.org
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Jan Van Wambeke
Senior Officer
I am an a soil scientist who has been working with FAO since 1978 in Africa and Latin America in particular with consultancies in the Near East and Asia. My field of work relates to Land and Water Management, Land Evaluation and Participatory Planning of Natural Resources in microcatchments. As a Senior Officer in FAO's in Land and Water Development in the Regional Office for Latin America and the Caribbean (RLC), I am involved in FAO's field programme technical backstopping, monitoring and evaluation in the region and in normative work related to Integrated Water Resources Management in particular. jan.vanwambeke@fao.org
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