The Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO), in cooperation with the Swedish International Development Cooperation Agency (SIDA), today launched the regional project “Implementing the 2030 Agenda for water efficiency/productivity and water sustainability in NENA countries” during a regional event taking place in Cairo, Egypt. The project will also help member countries in achieving SDG 2 by ending hunger, food insecurity and malnutrition and increasing the capacity for agricultural productivity. This will be done by establishing a robust water accounting system, implementing a series of interventions to increase water efficiency and productivity in selected farming systems, and ensuring sustainable, socially equitable and human-rights based development.