Noticias
Aquí encontrará todas las últimas noticias sobre el proyecto WaPOR, desde conferencias y eventos mundiales en los que participa el proyecto, hasta noticias específicas de cada país, así como nuevos recursos a disposición.
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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.<...
Second hybrid training session with IWMI and the WaPOR Digitization Cell in Algeria
19/08/2024
The FAO, in partnership with the International Water Management Institute (IWMI), held a second hybrid training session in Algiers for the members of the WaPOR Digitization Cell (CNWaPOR). This event is part of IWMI's action plan in Algeria, aimed at developing a collaborative model for determ...
On-the-job training for irrigation performance assessment tool in West Gharraf, Iraq
05/08/2024
From October 1, 2023, the International Water Management Institute (IWMI), as a partner in the WaPOR II project, has been working on developing a WaPOR tool for monitoring land and water productivity and irrigation performance assessment for the West Gharraf irrigation project in Iraq. The ini...
Workshop in Maputo, Mozambique, gathers stakeholders to test and discuss progress of the irrigation performance tool and its potential for digital inclusion
02/08/2024
FAO, along with several local institutions, conducted a workshop in Maputo, Mozambique, from July 31 to August 2, 2024, to validate the WaPOR Irrigation Performance Assessment Tool and discuss gender and social inclusion in its development. The workshop brought together 30 participants, includ...
Webinar series: introduction to WaPOR data and portal
30/07/2024
As FAO’s WaPOR Portal started covering Pakistan with continuously updating evapotranspiration (ET) and ...
WaPOR co-design workshop in Pakistan on Drought Monitoring and Warning System
30/07/2024
On July 29, 2024, the International Water Management Institute (IWMI) and the ...
Ethiopia: WaPOR supports training of Ministry of Agriculture and Regional Agricultural Bureaus staff on the improved national Irrigation Management Information System (IMISET)
27/07/2024
A training session on the Irrigation Management Information System (IMISET) was held in Adama,...
MOOC: python for geospatial analyses using WaPOR data
24/07/2024
For researchers and practicionners that are interested in learning how to use python scripting in their work, IHE Delft offers a free and self-paced learning resource: a Massive Open Online Course on python for geospatial analyses using WaPOR data...
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...
WaPOR born out of necessity
04/07/2024
Job Kleijn, Strategic advisor for water diplomacy, water and food security, explains how FAO's project "Water Productivity through Open Access of Remotely sensed derived data" (WaPOR) was created out of a practical necessity to solve problems of domestic water supply.
The FAO, as t...
First hybrid training session with IWMI and the WaPOR digitization unit in Algeria
25/06/2024
FAO, in collaboration with the International Water Management Institute (IWMI), organized the first hybrid training session in Algiers on June 27, 2024, for the members of the WaPOR Digitization Unit (CNWaPOR). This session is part of IWMI's action plan in Algeria, aligning with the implementa...
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...
Steering Committee Meeting of the WaPOR Project in Algeria
10/06/2024
The steering committee of the WaPOR project met on June 10, 2024, at the National Institute of Agronomic Research of Algeria. The purpose of the meeting was to review the implementation of activities and gather recommendations for the continuation of the project.
The presentation of the ...
WaPOR participation at the 10th World Water Forum
05/06/2024
The Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO) participated in the 10th World Water Forum in Bali, Indonesia, from 18 to 25 May 2024. FAO organized and co-convened several sessions that discussed crucial topics surrounding water management and sustainability, offering i...
Crop mapping data collection missions in Algeria for the Mitidja Plain season 1
13/05/2024
As part of the implementation of the activities of the project "Monitoring the productivity of land and water by remote sensing" (WaPOR phase 2) funded by the government of the Netherlands, crop mapping data collection missions for season 1 were launched from 29 April to 13 May 2024 in the Mit...
Animación del juego Wat Count en el Ministerio de Recursos Hídricos de Argelia
13/05/2024
Como parte de la ejecución de las actividades del proyecto WaPOR, el equipo del proyecto de la FAO aprovechó la oportunidad el 13 de mayo para participar en una serie de sesiones de formación iniciadas por el sector de los recursos hídricos del 29 de abril al 5 de junio en el Ministerio de Rec...
El proyecto WaPOR fue presentado en la VI Conferencia sobre el uso de la tecnología espacial para la gestión del agua en Costa Rica
08/05/2024
Jorge Gutiérrez, coordinador nacional de WaPOR en Colombia, presentó el proyecto WaPOR en la VI Conferencia sobre el uso de la tecnología espacial para la gestión del agua, celebrada el 7 de mayo en Costa Rica.
Su presentación dio a conocer el proyecto WaPOR y la base de datos en tiempo ...
Workshop to present the field data collection – crop mapping for the winter season in the Jericho and Jordan Valley Governorate, Palestine
02/05/2024
The Applied Research Institute-Jerusalem (ARIJ) in coordination with the Food and Agricultural Organization of the United Nations (FAO), the Ministry of Agriculture (MoA) and the Palestinian Water Authority (PWA), has organized a workshop to present the field data collection – crop mapping for...
FAO and IWMI Host Co-Design Workshop for WaPOR-Based Irrigation Performance Assessment Tool in West Al-Gharraf, Iraq
30/04/2024
The Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO) and the International Water Management Institute (IWMI) collaborated to host a co-design workshop aimed at advancing the irrigation performance assessment tool in West Al-Gharraf, Iraq on April 30th.
Technical experts from...
WaPOR presented during FAO's technical session at the WSTA 15th Gulf Water Conference in Doha, Qatar
29/04/2024
The Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO) hosted a technical session "Leveraging Geospatial Technology to Bridge the Data Gap for Efficient Management of Agricultural Water" at the WSTA 15th Gulf Water Conference, which took place on 28 April 2024 in Doha, Qatar. <...