GFFA 2026: Challenges and Opportunities for Water Governance in the Context of Climate Change (in German)
23/01/2026
International water governance in agriculture faces challenges posed by transboundary issues, climate change, and political and economic factors, making effective water management a complex task.
Joint INSAS/WASAG Webinar "Saline agriculture: addressing the challenge of soil and water salinity in a drier and salty future"
22/12/2025
Soil and water salinization is a growing global threat that undermines food security, biodiversity, and livelihoods.
Strengthening collaboration with countries and partners for resilient agrifood systems
18/09/2025
WASAG at the World Water Week 2025
WASAG, The Global Framework on Water Scarcity in Agriculture
30/04/2024
The Global Framework on Water Scarcity in Agriculture
Farmers’ guidelines on soil and water management in salt-affected areas
22/11/2023
The Saline Agriculture Working Group along with invited experts on saline agriculture discussed how the guidelines could be better implemented, empowering farmers to get more effectively involved in saline agriculture practices.
2nd WASAG International Forum-Technical session: Water and nutrition
01/08/2023
- Chairman: Paulo Dias, Land and Water Division, FAO
- Moderator: Jennie Baron, Professor, Swedish University of Agricultural Sciences (SLU)
- Keynote: Stineke Oenema, Executive Secretary, UN Nutrition (TBC)
- Capture and carrying forward WASAG Working Group Water & Nu...
2nd WASAG International Forum – Technical session: Water quality
01/08/2023
- Moderator: Patricia Mejias Moreno, AQUASTAT Coordinator, FAO
- Opportunities for water reuse for food production in arid climate conditions – The case study of Moçâmedes in Angola – José Saldanha Matos
- Rehabilitation of Ribeira de Vinha WWTP, in São Vicente, considering the ...
2nd WASAG International Forum – Technical session: Drought preparedness
01/08/2023
International Drought Resilience Alliance: The Way forward
- Opening speech: Ania Grobicki, Senior Water Advisor, FAO
- Keynote: Miriam Medel, The International Drought Resilience Alliance (IDRA)
- Panel 1: UN entities (What is the added value of a global approac...
2nd WASAG International Forum – Side event 4: Transdisciplinary participatory WEFE Nexus approaches
01/08/2023
Towards the operationalization of transdisciplinary participatory WEFE Nexus approaches for achieving water and food security
Compendium of drought resilient and nutritious crops under AWSAMe initiative
18/07/2023
This webinar presents the first results of the literature review carried out by CIRAD towards a compendium of drought resilient and nutritious crops contributing to improved biodiversity, focusing on crops that are adaptable to dry conditions and have a high nutritional value, as well as neglected and under-utilized crops.
2nd WASAG International Forum – Technical session: Dryland Agriculture
26/05/2023
- Moderator: Vinay Nangia, ICARDA
- Opening remarks: Felix Reinders, WASAG Chair
- Water for food, water for life: The drylands challenge – Vinay Nangia
- Accurate Estimation of crop water requirements using new technologies (COSMOS, Scintillometers, and Eddy Covariance) –...
2nd WASAG International Forum – Technical session: Water and migration
26/05/2023
Technical session: Water and migration
2nd WASAG International Forum – Technical Session 2.e: Sustainable Agricultural Water Use
26/05/2023
- Moderator: Juan Carlos Sanchez, IWMI
- Sustainable agricultural water management: a WEF nexus perspective – Tafadzwa Mabhaudhi, UKZN/IWMI
- Rainwater Harvesting for Sustainable Agriculture for African Dry Regions – Musandji Fuamba, Polytechnique Montréal
- Water Producti...
2nd WASAG International Forum – Summary
23/05/2023
In Praia, Cabo Verde, West Africa, from 7-10 February 2023 FAO and the Government of Cabo Verde hosted the 2nd WASAG International Forum on the topic of “Making agriculture resilient for climate change: Water scarcity, an opportunity for action and collaboration”
2nd WASAG International Forum-Opening Ceremony
05/05/2023
WASAG has developed its strategy for 2021-2024, and is set to further play a greater role in developing collaborative actions as solutions to the increasing challenges posed by climate change and the resulting water scarcity, in order to make agriculture more resilient.
2nd WASAG International Forum – Closing Ceremony
05/05/2023
Debriefing of the Forum & CLOSING CEREMONY
Community and indigenous strategies for climate change adaptation
29/09/2022
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 vulnerable populations, some indigenous peoples, and local communities dependent on agricultural or coastal livelihoods (IPCC, 2018).
2nd WASAG International Forum – WASAG FAO SESSION
05/05/2022
WASAG has developed its strategy for 2021-2024, and is set to further play a greater role in developing collaborative actions as solutions to the increasing challenges posed by climate change and the resulting water scarcity, in order to make agriculture more resilient.
Drought, COVID-19 and multi-risk assessment
02/02/2022
The Webinar examined these challenges and aims to improve our understanding of multi-risk assessment starting from the work of WASAG group on “drought”. The Webinar presented an overarching understanding of the linkages through insights from experts on the conceptual framework, research and insights from policies.