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.
Latest project updates in Jordan
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FAO and IHE-Delft Deliver Training on Remote Sensing for Agricultural Water Management
27/09/2024
The Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO) and the IHE-Delft Institute for Water Education recently conducted an in-person training on remote sensing for agricultural water management. The event took place at IHE-Delft in the Netherlands from 18 to 27 September 2024.
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Workshop on Ensuring Gender Equality and Social Inclusion in the WaPOR-based Irrigation Assessment Tool in the North Jordan Valley
04/09/2024
The Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO) and the International Water Management Institute (IWMI) held a workshop on 4 September in Amman, Jordan, to address gender equality and social inclusion in the WaPOR-based irrigation assessment tool for the North Jordan Valley.<...
Remote sensing for agricultural water management - PyWaPOR training
05/07/2024
The Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO) and the IHE-Delft Institute for Water Education held an in-person training on remote sensing for agricultural water management at IHE-Delft in the Netherlands from June 24 to July 5, 2024.
Twenty people from Palestine, Eth...
On-the-job training series in Jordan: Using WaPOR data for irrigation performance assessment
13/06/2024
The Food and Agriculture Organization of the UN (FAO) and the International Water Management Institute (IWMI) held an on-the-job training in Amman, Jordan, on 12-13 June. The session is part of a training series on using WaPOR data for irrigation performance assessment in the Northern Jordan V...
| 📍 WaPOR pilot areas in Jordan: the northern Jordan Valley and the Jafer basin. |
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