Land & Water

Join the virtual High Level Panel at the World Water Forum - The state of the world’s land and water resources for food and agriculture 2021 (SOLAW 2021)

Tuesday 22 March - 11:45-13:15 (CET) - 10:45-12:15 (GMT)


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Water, land and soil resources are the sources of life, without which there is no agriculture. With more than 95% of the food produced on land an soil and the immediate and visible impact of drought on crop production, the good state of these crucial natural resources should be everyone's priority. In 2011, FAO published its first comprehensive report on the status of the world’s land and water resources for food and agriculture (SOLAW 2011). This new edition of SOLAW updates the previous status of the resources, review the trends and explores the new emerging global processes. The objective of this session, coordinated by FAO, is to raise awareness about the status of land and water resources and provide high level profiles with key data to meet the challenges of sustainable use and governance of these natural resources, their greater integration in food systems and climate change.

 

AGENDA

10:45-10:55 (GMT)

Welcome and introduction 

 

10:55-11:00

Video animation on “The state of the world’s land and water resources for food and agriculture 2021”

 

11:00-11:15

Keynote address “Presentation of SOLAW 2021: main findings and recommendations”, Ms Sasha Koo-Oshima, Deputy Director, Land and Water Division, FAO 

 

11:15-12:05

High Level Panel on the momentum for land and water safekeeping - Patricia Mejias-Moreno, Water Officer of the United Nations Food and Agriculture Organization (FAO) Land and Water Division: 

  • Mr Gilbert F. Houngbo, President of the International Fund for Agricultural Development (IFAD) and Chair, UN-Water (video message)
  • H.E. Mariam Almheiri, Minister of Climate Change and Environment, UAE (video message)
  • H.E. Mr Moussa Baldé, Minister of Agriculture and Rural Equipment of Senegal (MAER) (tbc)
  • Ms Akica Bahri, Advisor to the Chief of Government in charge of water and agriculture, Ministry of Agriculture of Tunisia, SOLAW independant Advisory Committee
  • Mr. Pieter Waalewijn, Senior Water Resources Management and Irrigation Specialist, World Bank
 

12:05-12:15

Key messages and Conclusion