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.
Join WaPOR at the Cairo Water Week!
16/10/2020
Due to the high population growth and scarcity of arable land and water resources in the Middle East and North Africa region, most of agricultural development and food production policies...
WaPOR for the assessment of the impacts of conflicts and climate extremes on food and water security
12/10/2020
Livia Peiser, FAO Technical Officer, presented WaPOR as a tool to help countries assess the impacts of conflicts and climate extremes on food and water security, during one of the...
Check out the new website of the KnoWat project using WaPOR to access geospatial data on water resources!
28/09/2020
The KnoWat project has now a brand new website which provides a complete set of in-depth information on the project’s approaches, methodologies and activities in the countries and at global...
WaPOR at the International Conference “Artificial Intelligence, food for all”
24/09/2020
WaPOR was presented during the International Conference “Artificial Intelligence (AI), food for all” organized by the Rome call signatories - FAO, the Pontifical Academy for Life, IBM and Microsoft -...
IRWI: a phone app gives smallholders farmers the opportunity to improve water productivity in Egypt
16/07/2020
IWMI's Office in the Middle East and North Africa (MENA) Region led the development of IRWI phone app in partnership with SWERI (Soil, Water and Environmental institute –Agricultural Research Centre)...
Building capacity in remote sensing for water and irrigation assessments in the Syrian Arab Republic
06/07/2020
FAO, in collaboration with the National Agricultural Policy Centre (NAPC) and the General Organization of Remote Sensing (GORS) of Syria conducted a series of technical trainings on the use of...
Adding more of Copernicus data in WaPOR
10/06/2020
The European Space Agency (ESA) is supporting the development of methodologies to monitor evapotranspiration using a combination of Copernicus satellites (mainly Sentinel 2 and 3). As part of this effort,...
The Water Productivity Masterclass webinar series kicks off today!
03/06/2020
In the framework of the Water Productivity Improvement in Practice (Water-PIP) project, IHE-Delft, Wageningen University, MetaMeta and the 25% Alliance are organizing the Water Productivity Masterclass webinar series.
This webinar series...
Virtual workshop on "The use of ICT tools in agriculture and water management in Lebanon” available online!
29/05/2020
The virtual workshop organized by IWMI and LARI in the framework of the WaPOR project on 28 and 29 April 2020, gave an overview of the "Stakeholder mapping and needs...
WaPOR at the European Geosciences Union 2020: sharing geoscience online
08/05/2020
WaPOR was presented during the EGU (European Geosciences Union) 2020: Sharing Geoscience Online hosted from 4 to 8 May 2020, which brings part of the activities of the EGU General...
WaPOR dataset now also available in Earth Engine Public Data Catalog
20/04/2020
Earth Engine Data Catalog is now offering in its public catalog data from WaPOR, FAO’s portal to monitor Water Productivity through Open-access of Remotely sensed derived data, which monitors and...
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...