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High-Level Rome Water Dialogue on WASAG
16/10/2024
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...
Rome Water Dialogue 2024: Innovative Approaches to Agricultural Water Management
16/10/2024
The third edition of the Rome Water Dialogue was part of the 2024 World Food Forum from 14 to 18 October 2024, and the session on Innovative Approaches to Agricultural Water Management was part of the Science and Innovation Forum of the World Food Forum.
Innovative approaches in Integrat...
Thematic Youth Assembly of the World Food Forum (WFF): The Rome Water Dialogue on Water Scarcity in Agriculture
15/10/2024
A special youth-led session that highlighted the role of young leaders in driving water management innovations. The session, part of the Youth Forum, showcased successful youth-led initiatives, and emphasized their role in shaping water policies and practices, now and in the future.
AWSAMe Initiative: Kickoff in Malawi
14/05/2024
Malawi - From 13 to 16 May 2024, hosted a mission of the ‘Addressing Water Scarcity in Agriculture’ (AWSAMe) initiative, focusing on its component on indigenous, drought-resilient, and nutritious crop components. This mission follows the consultative workshop held in February 2024 in Ben Gueri...
Towards a High-level Dialogue on the Global Framework on Water Scarcity in Agriculture (WASAG)
29/04/2024
This technical event was to prepare for the High-Level Dialogue on WASAG which, together with the Rome Water Dialogue, which took place during the World Food Forum (WFF) in October 2024. Both events consolidated and scaled-up the WASAG partnership onto greater level of visibility, commitment, and...
Workshop on Desalination for Agriculture Development
20/03/2024
If desalination is already admitted as a guaranteed solution to satisfy municipal and industrial water needs, its wide spreading application in irrigation presents a set of challenges and opportunities that require careful consideration to make it affordable and sustainable solution.
WASAG AWSAMe Workshop
19/02/2024
The FAO Value Adding Impact Area (VAIA) ‘Addressing Water Scarcity in Agriculture and the environment (AWSAMe) conducted a consultative workshop “AWSAMe initiative: Addressing water scarcity through indigenous drought resilient crops” on 20–21 February 2024 in Morocco. The workshop discussed the ...
2nd WASAG International Forum - Making agriculture resilient for climate change - Field Visit
09/02/2023
Three sites were visited: one in Santa Cruz, and the other two in São Francisco. The visit of these three sites highlighted the reality of water scarcity in agriculture in Cabo Verde and the coping resilient approaches
developed by farmers.
2nd WASAG International Forum - Making agriculture resilient for climate change - Day 2
07/02/2023
The need for agriculture cannot compete with the need for drinking water. Social needs need to be satisfied first. Sustainable water allocation must happen from both national and policy settings level, but also on municipal level.
The publication developed by the working group on Financi...
2nd WASAG International Forum - Making agriculture resilient for climate change - Day 1
07/02/2023
Following its launch during the UNFCCC’s COP 21 in Marrakech Morocco in November 2016, the Global Framework on Water Scarcity in Agriculture (WASAG) has steadily received recognition and mandate to support countries in finding solutions to cope with climate change in agriculture in the face of climate change.
Rome Water Dialogue 2022
28/11/2022
Rome - Unless we find ways of sustainably managing the earth’s stressed water resources, we will need over a third more water to produce the extra food required for the planet’s growing population by mid-century. That was the message from the Rome Water Dialogue held today by the Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO) in the lead-up to next year’s UN Water Conference.