Under the patronage of Cabo Verde, in collaboration with Italy and FAO, WASAG announces its 1st  International Forum on Water Scarcity in Agriculture to be held in Praia, Cabo Verde...

Director-General highlights the need to address intensifying water scarcity threatening global food security and the lives and livelihoods of millions of people. Rome - FAO welcomed today the adoption of the Rome Declaration on Water Scarcity in Agriculture.

The 3rd World Irrigation Forum (WIF) brought together policy makers, experts, research institutions, NGOs and farmers and provided a platform for them to find solutions to advance irrigated agriculture. WASAG...

As part of the WASAG Working Group on Sustainable Agriculture Water Use, the Mediterranean Agronomic Institute of Bari (CIHEAM) and the CGIAR Research Program on Water, Land and Ecosystems (WLE)...

83 Ministers in attendance  “firmly endorse the implementation of the initiative by FAO and its partners entitled “Coping with water scarcity in agriculture: A global framework for action in a changing climate”

Quinoa, which has high nutrient content and adaptability to various marginal conditions has been identified by various organizations, such as FAO, the International Center for Biosaline Agriculture (ICBA) and CIRAD,...

Messages promoting the theme of World Water Day 2020, "Water and Climate Change", with focus on agriculture are now published online and through other digital media, together with relevant material related...

Since its establishment in April 2017, WASAG has consistently participated in the Stockholm WWW, first with a showcase event in August 2017, followed by four technical sessions in 2018. This...

WASAG has gained increasing recognition since its launch in April 2017. A Strategy to guide its work for the next four years has become imperative to build on the achievements...

The Global Framework on Water Scarcity in Agriculture (WASAG) hosted by the FAO Land and Water Division collaborated with its partners to create a series of ten webinars covering gender and water scarcity, saline...

WASAG is proud to present its new strategy report titled Compendium of community and indigenous strategies for climate change adaptation – Focus on addressing water scarcity in agriculture, a collaborative effort...

The WASAG working group on Drought Preparedness prepared a working paper titled Thinking ahead: Drought resilience and COVID-19, highlighting that the interactions between human, ecosystems and ecology often govern drought-linked disease....

The 2030 Agenda Partnership Accelerator is a collaborative initiative by United Nations Department of Economic and Social Affairs (UN DESA) and The Partnering Initiative, in collaboration with United Nations Office...

Climate change has become an urgent challenge for life and the Earth. Populations at disproportionately higher risk of adverse consequences with global warming of 1.5℃ and beyond include disadvantaged and...

The 2nd WASAG INTERNATIONAL FORUM – Making agriculture resilient for climate change: Water scarcity, an opportunity for action and collaboration 7-10 FEBRUARY 2023, Praia, CABO VERDE

This paper emanates from the working group on financing mechanisms, which aims to identify innovative financial mechanisms for interventions dealing with water scarcity in agriculture in the context of climate...

Pictures of the 2nd WASAG Forum that took place in Praia, Cabo Verde from 7-10 February 2023

The Praia Call for Action to collaboratively tackle water scarcity in agriculture, endorsed at the Second WASAG International Forum on Water Scarcity in Agriculture with the theme “Making agriculture resilient...

The objective of the side event is to discuss the implementation of the 2023 Praia Call for Action through the Decade’s work streams. This Call for Action has been  endorsed...

In his opening remarks at the WASAG side event at the UN Water Conference in New York, FAO Director-General, Dr QU Dongyu, thanked all partners for their continued commitment to WASAG,...