WaPOR, remote sensing for water productivity

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   WaPOR activities in Mali

According to the latest available studies, the availability of water resources in Mali is not a problem in itself. Mali is crossed by two of the main rivers of the sub-region, the Niger and the Senegal. However, this resource is very unevenly distributed, and some regions (notably Kayes) offer sometimes dismal success rates for drilling campaigns.

Mali's economy is heavily dependent on the primary sector, which is the engine of development, with agriculture accounting for 45% of GDP, employing 80% of the total population and providing more than 75% of export earnings. However, it is constantly subject to climatic hazards, the degradation of natural resources (degradation of soil, water, air, vegetation, biodiversity, climate, etc.), and the deterioration of the terms of trade (continuous fall in the price of agricultural exports), thus limiting the increase in the income of the rural population and exposing the population, particularly young people, to immigration. 

Project partners in Mali

🌾 The Ministry of Rural Development.
🌽 The Ministry of Environment, Sanitation and Rural Development.
🌾 The National Directorate of Agriculture.
💧 The Office du Niger.

Map of pilot areas in Mali

📍 WaPOR pilot areas in Mali: Office du Niger, which occupies the western part of the central delta of the Niger River.
Country resources

Explore uses and applications of WaPOR data in Mali.

WaPOR catalogue of applications
Latest project updates in Mali
WaPOR data validation workshop in Mali
11/10/2022

On October 11, 2022, WaPOR held a validation workshop in Bamako, Mali, to tackle data the validation of the portal's data in the country.  During...

Workshops in Mali and Burkina Faso on the use of WaPOR data for pastoralism
20/07/2022

These workshops come as a follow-up to the series of workshops that took place last year (in August 2021) at the intersection of two FAO Multi-disciplinary...

Training workshop on WaPOR database in Mali
06/06/2022

FAO in collaboration with IHE Delft organized a training workshop in Bamako, Mali from 31 May to 2 June 2022, to help government organizations increase...

WaPOR 2 inception workshop in Mali
30/09/2021

The 28th of September the third inception workshop of the second phase of the WaPOR project was held in Bamako. So far, inception workshops have been...

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