WaPOR news
Here find all the latest news about the WaPOR project, from conferences and global events the project participates in, to country-specific news as well as new resources as they become available.
Note that country pages offer a filtered view of the news if you wish to focus on news for a partner country of WaPOR phase 2 and the evolution of the project in the country.
FAO DG QU Dongyu calls attention to the importance of monitoring water productivity in agriculture in his video message for the World Water Day 2020.
22/03/2020
In the video message for the International Water Day 2020 on “Water and climate change”, FAO Director General QU Dongyu highlighted FAO’ support to members states in monitoring their water...
Strong interest about WaPOR at the First regional conference on improving water productivity in the Near East and North Africa (NENA) region
05/12/2019
WaPOR was presented during the 1st regional conference on improving water productivity in the NEMA region organized by FAO from 4 to 6 December 2019 in Tunis, Tunisia. The conference...
WaPOR at the International Symposium on the Use of Nonconventional Waters to Achieve Food Security
14/11/2019
The International Symposium on the Use of Nonconventional Waters to Achieve Food Security, co-organized by FAO and the Government of Spain, will be held from 14 to 15 November 2019....
WaPOR team welcomes the new FAO Director-General Qu Dongyu
01/08/2019
Following his election by Members at the 41st session of Conference on 23 June, FAO welcomes Qu Dongyu as the ninth Director-General since the establishment of FAO in 1945. The...
WaPOR 2 and Quality Assessment launch at the World Day to Combat Desertification and Drought 2019
13/06/2019
The World Day to Combat Desertification and Drought is taking place the 17 June 2019. The seminar will present and discuss tools, policies and best practices to support countries and...
WaPOR being used to develop National Water Accounts
13/05/2019
The Government of Rwanda’s strategic development plans emphasize the importance of environment protection, natural resource management and climate change preparedness. Natural Capital Accounts (NCA) are an important resource for tracking...
WaPOR at the Living Planet Symposium 2019
07/05/2019
The Living Planet Symposium (LPS) is taking place from the 13 to 17 May in Milano, Italy . This event is dedicated to 'Observation landscape' focusing on the contribution of Earth...
WaPOR at UN Interagency Innovation Bootcamp 2019
06/05/2019
The UN Interagency Innovation Bootcamp was held from the 29 April to 3 May in Munich, Germany. Innovators from eleven United Nations entities gathered for the first time to participate...
WaPOR at the Land and Water Days 2019
02/04/2019
The Land and Water Days 2019 was held in Cairo, Egypt. This event was dedicated to ‘Innovation For Food and Water Security’ focusing on the NENA region. WaPOR team participated...
ESA video for World Water Day: what's space got to do with it?
22/03/2019
UN Sustainable Goal 6 is crystal clear: Water for all by 2030. For World Water Day ESA takes a look at ways that space can help this global challenge. While Earth-observing...
PlantVillage App fetches WaPOR data through API to help Kenya's farmers
28/01/2019
An article on WIRED today features the innovation brought about by PlantVillage Nuru, an App that helps farmers detect crop diseases using Artificial Intelligence. PlantVillage is now able to get...
Launch of WaPOR Version 1.1
01/12/2018
The new version of WaPOR 1.1 has been launched. This new version includes tow major features: more opportunities for storing users' preferred choices for time-series, areas and locations, and enhanced...
WaPOR at the Asia Water Forum 2018
03/10/2018
A session at the AWF in Manila explored the use of WaPOR for monitoring investments in agriculture. The Asia Water Forum 2018 aims to discuss ways to identify and adopt innovations...
WaPOR at World Bank and ESA awareness event
27/09/2018
The European Space Agency and the World Bank’s Agriculture Global Practice co-hosted an awareness event on “Earth Observation for Sustainable Agricultural Development” at the World Bank HQ in Washington DC...
WaPOR at the #HackAgainstHunger/Africa in Rwanda
20/08/2018
WaPOR is being showcased, among other FAO applications, during the Youth Employment in Agriculture Conference in Kigali, Rwanda. Through the event #HackAgainstHunger/Africa, FAO is seeking innovative business models and new technologies...
Release of WaPOR Version 1.0
01/06/2018
Version 1.0 of WaPOR, FAO’s portal to monitor Water Productivity through Open access of Remotely sensed derived data, is now available. This new version is the result of a review...
WaPOR at the 8th World Water Forum in Brasilia
18/03/2018
The World Water Forum is the world’s biggest water-related event and is organized by the World Water Council (WWC), an international organization that brings together all those interested in the...
WaPOR at the 4th Arab Water Forum
27/11/2017
The 4th Arab Water Forum which takes place every three years, promotes a regional platform for engaging Arab Water Council members, decision-makers, water resources experts, practitioners and institutions into dialogue...
WaPOR at the Global Workshop for Monitoring SDG 6
24/11/2017
The UN-Water Integrated Monitoring Initiative for SDG 6 organized a global workshop in The Hague, The Netherlands, gathering country representatives from across the world as well UN-Water Members and Partners....
The great Egypt Water Productivity Hackathon
17/10/2017
MetaMeta and the 25% Water Productivity Alliance organized in Cairo a 24 hours event aiming at building applications based on the FAO WaPOR portal and database. Participants were encouraged to...