On 15 October 2025, during the World Food Forum (WFF), the Ministry of Agriculture’s Department of Agricultural Research Services at Chitedze Research Station in Malawi received international recognition ..

Expected outputs: Additional contributions that will be integrated in the draft WASAG Strategy 2025–2031, to be reviewed by the WASAG Technical Advisory Committee in July 2025.

Sustainable land, soil and water management will play a growing role in ending and reversing land degradation, and increasing food production, after over 100 countries endorsed many FAO-led initiatives at...

Water use in agriculture is fundamental for both food security and rural livelihoods, but also supports improved nutrition through many pathways; in tandem with water uses in other sectors, notably...

Webinar Description:  The Global Framework on Water Scarcity in Agriculture (WASAG) is inviting all Partners to attend a meeting where updates on the latest developments under way will be provided. The meeting takes place before the High-Level Rome Water Dialogue on WASAG which will take place during the World Food Forum.

The WASAG working group on Sustainable Agricultural Water Use prepared a White Paper synthesizing discussions held at a WASAG workshop titled “Can Water Productivity Improvements Save Us from Global Water...

The meeting also discussed the establishment of the WASAG Technical Advisory Committee (TAC), the WASAG strategy 2025-2031 and the work plan 2025-2026. 

The Global Framework on Water Scarcity in Agriculture (WASAG) hosted by the FAO Land and Water Division organized its fourth webinar on "Bridging financing gaps for Nationally Determined Contributions in...

Every year, 22 March has been set aside to mark World Water Day. The 2021 edition titled “Valuing Water” will be celebrated in a virtual event globally. With agriculture being responsible...

The first WASAG International forum on Water Scarcity in Agriculture Forum took place in Praia, Cabo Verde from 19 to 22 March 2019, under the theme ‘Leaving no one behind’....

The Swiss Federal Office for Agriculture (FOAG) has signed a funding agreement to support WASAG and its work for the next three years (2019-2022). This is a direct follow up...

On Wednesday 16 November, FAO and the Kingdom of Morocco organized an Agriculture and Food Security Action Event which marked the unveiling of three new initiatives to showcase the enormous...

FAO and the Government of Spain, in collaboration with WASAG, the Spanish Ministry of Foreign Affairs and Casa de América, organized the International Symposium on the use of nonconventional waters...

WASAG is collaborating with the Women for Water Partnership to mainstream gender in its activities. Data and research on the role of women and gender in activities of WASAG and...

Increasing salinity conditions is one of the manifestations of climate change which affects agriculture production, food security and nutrition with the potential to lead to environmental degradation. In response, the Global Framework on Water Scarcity in Agriculture (WASAG) works towards collaborative solutions for resilient agrifood systems.

 During this session, WASAG partners, governments, research institutions, youth and international organizations discussed the importance of empowering youth and how to do it in practice to address water scarcity in a changing...

The Global Framework on Water Scarcity in Agriculture (WASAG) hosted by the FAO Land and Water Division has organized a series of webinars in collaboration with its Partners. Together with...

As a follow-up to the High-Level Rome Water Dialogue, a new WASAG Strategy for 2025–2031 is currently being developed through a consultative process involving WASAG Members, partners and stakeholders and building on the first WASAG Strategy (2021–2024). FAO is planning to organize a Consultative Meeting on the WASAG Strategy 2025–2031 on 8–9 May 2025 to provide an opportunity to gather feedback and contributions from partners and stakeholders for the formulation of the Strategy.

From 13 to 16 May 2024, Malawi hosted a mission in Lilongwe for the ‘Addressing Water Scarcity for Agriculture and Environment’ (AWSAMe) initiative, which includes a component on indigenous, drought resilient and nutritious ...

The working group on “Saline Agriculture”, under the framework of WASAG, organized a webinar titled "Saline Agriculture: Scaling up Opportunities and Challenges" to share knowledge and experience on global projects...