Land, soil and water

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The fundamentals of water tenure
09/10/2026

This course introduces the concept of water tenure and explores the main types of water tenure arrangements, whether deriving their legitimacy from...

Disaggregating the SDG Indicator 6.4.2 – Level of water stress
06/10/2026

This course explains the importance of disaggregating Sustainable Development Goal (SDG) Indicator 6.4.2 at the spatial, temporal and sectoral level,...

Agricultural ecosystem-based solutions - Tool and application
05/10/2026

Agricultural ecosystem-based solutions (AgEbS) are innovative approaches that enhance the sustainability and resilience of agricultural systems by restoring...

The water-energy-food-ecosystem nexus in agriculture
23/03/2026

This six-lesson course explores how integrated resource management across the water-energy-food-ecosystems (WEFE) nexus in agriculture enhances water...

Agricultural Ecosystem-based Solutions - Introduction
17/07/2025

The substantial rise in agricultural output required to sustain the world’s growing population is increasingly activating degradation processes that...

Maintaining and restoring wetlands in agricultural settings
08/07/2025

This course examines the intricate relationship between agriculture and wetlands, emphasizing the need to maintain and restore wetlands in agricultural...

Wetlands and agriculture: pathways to sustainability
03/12/2024

Wetlands play a crucial role in global food security by supporting agriculture and livelihoods, contributing the achievement of the world’s Sustainable...

Good practices to cope with soil salinization in the Asia-Pacific Region
09/05/2024

The course explores effective practices for coping with soil salinity in the Asia-Pacific Region.

Gender-responsive, disability- and socially-inclusive water resource management
16/04/2024

This course provides an understanding of key concepts, terminology, practical tools and processes for incorporating gender...

Using land-cover information to monitor progress on Sustainable Development Goal 15
12/03/2024

This course seeks to provide a basic understanding of land-cover data and its use for monitoring progress towards the achievement of international...

Measures for coping with soil salinity
09/02/2024

The course provides an overview of soil salinization and some strategies to deal with it. In particular, it presents various measures to effectively...

Transforming dryland forests and agrosilvopastoral systems
08/03/2023

This course seeks to build the competencies needed for program and project managers, field practitioners and policy makers to apply...

Resilient rivers: Watershed-based management of forests, freshwater, and inland fisheries
08/03/2023

Focusing on freshwater systems, this course inspires managers, scientists, and community members to work across...

Real water savings in agricultural systems
08/03/2023

In the context of the global water shortages and challenges for water savings in agricultural systems, this course introduces interventions and tools,...

Highly Hazardous Pesticides
14/12/2022

This course introduces the classification of Highly Hazardous Pesticides (HHPs) including the systems used for identification, mitigation and the sourcing...

Forest and Water Nexus – Introduction
03/08/2021

This course is intended to provide on overview of forest and water relationships, and an understanding of the impacts of changing landscapes on water...

A guide to developing a resilient watershed management plan
03/12/2020

This course presents the basic principles and concepts related to resilient watershed management, and, through the description of a case study, practically...

SDG Indicator 6.4.1 - Change in water-use efficiency over time
01/08/2019

The course provides guidance on the rationale and the main characteristics of Indicator 6.4.1, and on how to compute...

Sustainable land management and restoration
06/03/2019

This course focuses on Sustainable Land Management (SLM) practices, and their place within the global development agenda, specifically in order to achieve...

Climate-smart soil and land management
07/11/2018

This course focuses on sustainable soil and land management for climate-smart agriculture. It provides technical knowledge and examines how wide-scale...

Water management for climate-smart agriculture
07/11/2018

This course focuses on water management and its critical role in climate-smart agriculture. It analyses the impacts of climate change on the availability...

Tutorials

Tutorials on WaPOR

Watch the series of tutorials on WaPOR, FAO’s portal to monitor Water Productivity through Open-access of Remotely sensed derived data.

Tutorials on AquaCrop

Watch the series of tutorials on AquaCrop, FAO’s crop water productivity model.