Webinars & event recordings
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.”
Water & Nutrition: from Research to Action
23/06/2020
Water use in agriculture is fundamental for both food security and rural livelihoods, but also supports improved nutrition through many pathways; in tandem with water uses in other sectors, notably WASH. This webinar describes the important linkages between water and nutrition, and the importance of synergistic water-nutrition strategies for improved well-being and planetary health.
Collaboration on Promoting Quinoa (Part 1)
15/06/2020
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 Bio-saline Agriculture (ICBA) and CIRAD, as a food that has vital role to play in the realization of food and nutrition security globally.