Webinars & event recordings
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.
Scaling resilient water & agriculture management practices for Sustainable Rice Intensification in East Africa
15/09/2020
Achieving food security remains a major challenge in the East Africa region. With increasing demand for food due to population growth and improvements in disposable income, the situation is expected to remain critical as the impact of climate change and unsustainable land and water management practices become more profound.
Collaboration on Promoting Quinoa (Part 2)
28/07/2020
With the threats of climate change, it is extremely important to cultivate salt and drought tolerant crops such as quinoa to enhance climate-smart agriculture. So, WASAG is coordinating international efforts towards extended quinoa production.
Water Productivity Improvements – A Silver Bullet for the Climate Crisis?
14/07/2020
This webinar discussed the potential and limitations of water productivity interventions in helping water managers (from the farm to the basin level) to deal with growing scarcity due to climatic and other changes. The main messages of the White Paper on Water Productivity were presented and feedback from key stakeholders was received.
Pandemics/Epidemics, Drought and Agriculture: Building back better
10/07/2020
This webinar was organized by leading institutions on drought management, including the Integrated Drought Management Programme (IDMP), the UNCCD Drought Initiative and the WASAG working group on “Drought Preparedness.”