Achieving Food Security while using water resources in a sustainable manner is a major challenge for this generations and the coming ones as well.  Agriculture is a key water user. A careful monitoring of water productivity in agriculture and exploring opportunities to increase it are required. But how can we monitor the performance of water use in agriculture?

New developments in earth observation technology indicates that nowadays it is feasible to monitor key data for sustainable agricultural production and natural resources management using satellite remote sensing. This highlights the need for a comprehensive operational methodology, both scientifically robust and effective at various scales.

WaPOR, FAO’s portal to monitor Water Productivity through Open-access of Remotely sensed derived data, gives users access to a wide variety of near real-time satellite data on water productivity. This information can be used by governments and research institutes to design strategies to increase water productivity and farmers’ resilience to drought, while respecting the environment and making equitable use of water resources.

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