Enhancing the productivity and efficiency of agricultural water is key to increase food production and respond to the growing food demand, while at the same time preserving healthy and sustainable ecosystems. Even more so in drought- and desertification-prone areas, whereby agricultural production is negatively affected by climate change, erratic rainfall...

The Global Framework on Water Scarcity in Agriculture (WASAG) hosted by the FAO Land and Water Division is organizing its sixth webinar on "Water & nutrition: from research to action". Water use in agriculture is fundamental for both food security and rural livelihoods, but also supports improved nutrition through many pathways;...

To celebrate the World Day to Combat Desertification and Drought, FAO's Global Soil Partnership is organizing a webinar on "RECSOIL: Recarbonization of global soils". The webinar will discuss the feasibility of moving the SOC agenda into action and how RECSOIL can contribute to it. Increased soil organic carbon (SOC) has been...

The Global Framework on Water Scarcity in Agriculture (WASAG) hosted by the FAO Land and Water Division is organizing its fifth webinar on "Collaboration on Promoting Quinoa (Part 1)".Quinoa, which has high nutrient content and adaptability to various marginal conditions has been identified by various organizations, such as...

A FAO-EU project tackles water scarcity and rising fuel costs with new irrigation methods Close to 70 percent of Yemen’s population lives in rural areas. Irrigated agriculture is their primary source of food, employment and economic activity. However, water scarcity has long posed one of the most significant constraints to food production and livelihoods.

The Global Framework on Water Scarcity in Agriculture (WASAG) hosted by the FAO Land and Water Division is organizing its fourth webinar on "Bridging financing gaps for Nationally Determined Contributions in agriculture under climate change", on Tuesday 9 June 2020 from 15.00 to 16.00 CEST. The Finance working group...

FAO along with other institutions will coordinate as of 1 July 2020 the United Nations Coalition on Combatting Sand and Dust Storms (SDS), an assembly of various UN bodies dedicated to facing the significant socio-economic impacts sand and dust storms may have on human health, agriculture, industry, transportation, water and...

In the framework of the Building Forward Better Initiative - Strengthening natural resources management capacities to revitalize agriculture in fragile contexts, the Land and Water Division of FAO is launching a series of E-Learning Nugget Courses to professionals in Libya, Mali, Niger and Yemen. The first course is on Sustainable Agricultural...