Connecting global salinity hotspot methodology, halophytes and drought-resistant indigenous crops 3 April 2025 15:00 – 16:15 (CEST)     This webinar aims to advance discussions on addressing salinization in agriculture and promoting climate-resilient solutions. It will provide insights into global salinity mapping, hotspot methodology, and their implications for sustainable land management. Additionally, the webinar...

The escalating impacts of climate change, including water scarcity, pose a critical threat to global agricultural sustainability. As part of the initiatives aimed at addressing this challenge, the Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO) has developed the Value Adding Impact Area (VAIA) “Addressing Water Scarcity in Agriculture...

The High-Level Rome Water Dialogue on WASAG – The Global Framework on Water Scarcity in Agriculture was held on 17 October 2024, during the World Food Forum. Organized by the Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO), the event brought together around 400 participants, both in person and virtually, including 47 Member Nations...

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 aimed at addressing water scarcity increasingly exacerbated by the climate crisis – one of the world’s...

Background Water scarcity is one of the greatest challenges of the 21st century, severely impacting agriculture, which accounts for 72 percent of global freshwater withdrawals. Droughts are already a major cause of crop failures in many parts of the world and of acute food insecurity crisis in vulnerable countries. With the...