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Searching for Water Peace - United Nations International Year of Water Cooperation
11/04/2013
This year is the United Nations International Year of Water Cooperation. One important area of cooperation involves transboundary rivers, which can...
Agricultural Water Management Solutions for Poverty Reduction - #1 Motor Pumps
28/11/2012
Around 70% of the poor in sub-Saharan Africa and South Asia are rural, and agriculture is often their only livelihood opportunity. Proper irrigation...
Water for Kyrgyzstan, Central Asia
11/10/2012
The winter snows of Central Asia store great volumes of water in the region's mountains. In spring and summer, the snows melt, swelling rivers and irrigation...
Water source of Food security
28/09/2012
More crop per drop: that is the challenge faced by the planet as water resources dwindle and the number of mouths to feed grows. In this feature, produced...
Countries adopt global guidelines on land tenure at FAO
21/05/2012
In a landmark decision, the Committee on World Food Security (CFS) endorsed a set of far-reaching global guidelines aimed at helping governments safeguard...
India's Barefoot Water Scientists
26/01/2012
Six thousand farmers have been trained in groundwater management by a project run by Indian NGOs and guided by the FAO. This video, entitled 'India's...
When the Rain Fails
12/10/2011
Chronic water shortages have plagued the people of Niger and contributed to food crises, extreme poverty, high infant mortality and child undernourishment....
Morocco's solution to water scarcity
16/06/2011
Water is getting scarce. Agriculture is the number one user of water worldwide. If dry areas of the world aren't careful, their agriculture will soon...
Improving the resilience of family farmers to climate change
11/12/2018
FAO, IFAD and national governments are supporting family farmers from West and Central Africa to adapt small-scale irrigation systems to climate change...
Podcasts
What does water mean to you?
08/04/2021
Water means different things to different people. Let's celebrate all the ways water benefits our lives and talk about how we can safeguard it for...