WaPOR activities in Jordan
Jordan is one of the world’s most water-scarce countries where groundwater is a major water supply for domestic and agricultural sectors and contributes by around 55 percent to the total water usage. Currently, the groundwater situation in Jordan is critical as it is over-exploited and the level of the groundwater is continuously decreasing.
In response to the water and agricultural challenges in the country, WaPOR phase 2 project aims to assist Jordan in the implementation of the following main activities identified in concertation with local stakeholders:
- Irrigation performance assessments for improving irrigation water efficiency and productivity,
- Groundwater assessment (abstraction and recharge) for its sustainable management,
- The integration of WaPOR data into the national water information system for more detailed water budget reporting,
- Capacity building and tools co-development
Project partners in Jordan
💧 The Ministry of Water and Irrigation, along with its agencies the Water Authority of Jordan (WAJ) and the Jordan Valley Authority (JVA).
🌾 Ministry of Agriculture.
🌽 National Agricultural Research Center.
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📍 WaPOR pilot areas in Jordan: the northern Jordan Valley and the Jafer basin. |
Country resources
WaPOR: remote sensing for reducing agricultural water productivity gaps
29/10/2025
Flyer that introduces WaPOR to potential users and to stakeholders involved in the WaPOR project. It sheds light both on the project itself and the portal that contains the data.
Map story: WaPOR data for groundwater monitoring
22/03/2022
This map story explores the potential of the use of WaPOR data to assist in the monitoring of groundwater abstraction in the Azraq basin, a basin that is the second most exploited in Jordan. Also, it goes to show the potential of pyWaPOR as a tool to extend the coverage of higher resolution WaPOR data to new areas of high relevance.
Explore uses and applications of WaPOR data in Jordan.
WaPOR catalogue of applicationsLatest project updates in Jordan
WaPOR special session showcases national digital innovations for smarter irrigation at the XIX World Water Congress
04/12/2025
FAO and IWMI co‑organized a special session on WaPOR during the World Water Congress, convened by the International Water Resources Association and...
WaPOR collaborates with FAO Investment Centre and EBRD on economic water productivity of citrus in Jordan
09/09/2025
A new study by the Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO) and the European Bank for Reconstruction and Development (EBRD),...
FAO and the University of Jordan inaugurate the National WaPOR Knowledge Hub
26/08/2025
The Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO) and the University of Jordan inaugurated in Amman the National Knowledge...
Training of government professionals on WaPOR's Irrigation Water Performance Assessment Tool
21/08/2025
From 18 to 20 August 2025, the University of Jordan’s Water Productivity Knowledge Hub hosted a three-day training programme on the Irrigation Water...
