Using real-time satellite data to track water productivity in agriculture: new FAO tool offers water-scarce countries and river basins a way to boost productivity

The WaPOR open-access database has gone live, tapping satellite data to help farmers achieve more reliable agricultural yields and allowing for the optimization of irrigation systems. WaPOR was presented this week during a high-level partners meeting for FAO's coping with water scarcity n agriculture: a global framewaork for action in a changing climate. It allows for fine-grained analysis of water utilised through farming systems, generating empirical evidence about how it can be most productively used.

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