The SAGA project is a global project currently focusing on two countries, Senegal and Haiti. These initiatives have become valuable examples of farmers adapting in countries particularly threatened and vulnerable to climate change. For Senegal, locally adapted, innovative water management techniques have meant gardens are flourishing, providing communities better income and healthier diets.

On March, the Arab Maghreb Union (UMA), in collaboration with the FAO office for North Africa, organized a high-level Maghreb political dialogue which presented the visions, strategic orientations and approaches adopted for the use of the potential of so-called unconventional water resources.

Water for all people. It means health, hygiene and hydration. For the spiritual, it can mean a connection with creation, community or oneself. For farmers, it means food and income. For Paul, a 33-year-old man from Kiambu county in Kenya, water has meant a new reason to stay in his country.

The project “Knowing water better: Towards fairer and more sustainable access to natural resources for greater food security” (KnoWat)”, is funded by the Government of Germany and implemented by FAO in partnership with Rwanda Water Resources Board (RWB) and with close collaboration with Rwanda Agriculture and Animal Resources Development Board (RAB).

The agriculture sectors of small island developing states are constrained by threats arising from both climate and disaster risk. Hurricanes, floods and droughts that have traditionally threatened agriculture now combine with new hazards such as rising sea level, increasing air and sea surface temperatures, ocean acidification and increasingly erratic rainfall patterns linked to climate change.

From reported water savings to practical implementation What drives decision-makers to change? - Farmers are interested in increasing their reliable income. - Extension agents are responsible for communicating research information to farmers. - Planners and policymakers are the priority target group for the ‘real water savings’ issue.

In partnership with the local agricultural extension authorities in Qazvin Province, the FAO provides its assistance to equip Iranian farmers in the Qazvin Irrigation Network with the requisite technical knowledge and skills to improve agriculture water productivity.

Sustainable water management is indispensable for climate-resilient growth and environmental integrity – unsustainable water management has devastating effects for people, economies and the environment. While agriculture is responsible for about 70% of global water withdrawals, agriculture will be an important part of the solution to solving the global water scarcity challenge.

The SCALA programme will also focus on the department of Cundinamarca, which is hosted in the capital city of Bogota. The programme seeks to develop a model that allows internalizing national guidelines at the territorial level.

The project was implemented to improve family farming production, quality of life and promote sustainable development through the efficient use of water and soil reserves in a high Andean community in the Plurinational State of Bolivia.