Join us at the World Water Week 2021 digital event from 23 to 27 August!

The Land and Water Division of FAO is currently engaged in a number of project and activities to strengthen resilient agricultural production systems to enhance food security. In an era of anthropogenic-induced environmental change defined by increasing hydrometeorological variability - exemplified by an increase in the severity and intensity of extreme weather events precipitating floods and droughts - significant stress is and will be further exerted on water resources and food production systems. It is therefore critical to develop and strengthen resilient water resource management and agricultural production systems, set within an operational framework of effect governance arrangements promoting equitable resource access to all. The need to strengthen and achieve food security through resilient agricultural production systems is apparent, in both contemporary times and the future to increase global food production by 40 percent by 2050 to meet rising population demand.

The events presented by FAO at the Stockholm World Water Week 2021 illustrate activities directly building system-wide resilience to promote water and food security. These include a session on integrated drought resilience in a changing climate session, highlighting the need for innovative and integrated drought management approaches in the context of climate change. The need for accurate and timely data will be discussed in the session on real time water data from satellites to achieve faster resilience, drawing on three case studies to illustrate how open access remote sensing data can support resilient agricultural systems; ranging from water accounting in Karnataka, to sugarcane water productivity, and policy implications of monitoring groundwater use in arid areas. The session on groundwater, the so-called invisible resource critical in sustaining agricultural production in many arid and semi-arid zones, will be introduced and discussed in the content of agricultural production and resilience, and forthcoming events taking place next year, the UN-Water designated international year of groundwater. The session on water tenure and governance will present a number of case studies followed by discussions to highlight the nuances and diversity of interactions between actors at different scales and sectors within the governance arena, in order to understand and strengthen water and food security for all. The voices from the field session will provide insights from the ground, sharing the perspective of the most vulnerable people who are facing these challenges every day. This session will share interviews with beneficiaries form local action of water management for food, health and nutrition.

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PROGRAMME OF EVENTS

Presenting the 2021 global status of water and sanitation

Monday 23 August - 17:00 - 18:25 CEST

This session is repeated live on 25 August at 07:30 CEST

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Water for food, nutrition and health: global direction for no-one left behind

Monday 23 August - 18:00 - 19:00 CEST

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