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09/11/2014
Interventions for improving livelihoods in Asia
Despite fast growing economies, rural poverty in Asia continues to be a major concern, whose challenges are further made complex by societal transformations and increasing climate variability. 

This new FAO report demonstrates the potential for water interventions in support of poverty...
08/11/2014
Representatives of the U.S. Department of Agriculture and FAO presented a new geo-spatial system for forecasting crop yields to the Federal and provincial government officials on Wednesday, October 29 at Serena Hotel in Islamabad. The new system will increase the accuracy...
07/11/2014
Andrew Noble, Director of the CGIAR programme on Water, Land and Ecosystems (WLE)  recently vistited FAO to present WLE’s activities and to carry out further discussions on future collaboration between FAO and the CGIAR programme. With the recently prepared memorandum of understanding, the two organizations will intensify their existing collaboration and...
30/10/2014
Gender-disaggregated information is a necessary tool to address questions on gender equality. AQUASTAT, FAO’s global water information system, implemented a pilot project to develop methodological tools for the integration of gender-sensitive indicators on the water sector in general and on agricultural...
25/10/2014
Almost two-thirds of the countries in the world have rivers flowing into their territories from upstream countries. AQUASTAT, FAO’s global water information system, created interactive visualizations to observe the flow of surface water from one country to another. Two different chart...
27/08/2014
This year's focus for FAO is on "Exploring the Added-Value of the Water-Energy-Food Nexus". Hosting a seminar at the World Water Week in Stockholm to take a critical look at the “Nexus” to better understand and manage the complex interactions between water, energy and food.  The agriculture and food sectors depend...
27/08/2014
Thematic Workshop of the Entry Phase of the Project 18-22 August 2014 - Rome, Italy
The partnership for Agricultural Water Management in Africa (AgWA), the Swiss Agency for Development and Cooperation (SDC) and the Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO) organized a 5-day thematic Workshop of the Entry Phase of the Project “Strengthening...
18/06/2014
The CGIAR Research Programme on Water, Land and Ecosystems, led by the International Water Management Institute (IWMI), and the Land and Water Division of FAO are collaborating to collect, analyze and validate the best available data on municipal wastewater production, collection, treatment, discharge and direct use for...
18/06/2014
Intensified cooperation to strengthen water and food security
18 June 2014, Marseille/Rome - The World Water Council (WWC) and the Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO) have agreed to intensify their collaboration in a bid to strengthen global water and food security. Long-time partners, the two organizations will expand their joint work...
16/06/2014
Every year on 17 June, the global community celebrates the World Day to Combat Desertification (WDCD). The theme of this year's WDCD is “Land Belongs to the Future - Let’s Climate Proof It” and focuses on ecosystem-based adaptation in order to...