Small-scale irrigation and other forms of agricultural water management are critical in building resilience to increased climate variability. This project aims at improving the sustainability and adaptation of small-scale irrigation systems to climate change in the West and Central Africa region. After a first analysis that describes climate change implications...

To improve the availability of gender-disaggregated data, a Water and gender page has been created on the AQUASTAT website. The Case study section provides the results of the AQUASTAT case study conducted in Algeria, Tunisia and Morocco on the role of women in agricultural water management. The Census section displays...

A special celebration for the WDCD took place at FAO HQ on Friday 17 June. The theme of the day was “protect earth, restore land, engage people”, captured the importance of inclusive cooperation for protecting land and water resources and restoring and rehabilitating degraded lands. The event called for urgent action to...

The new website for the project "More effective and sustainable investments in water for poverty reduction" is now online. This project aims at improving food security and reducing rural poverty of smallholder farmers through providing guidance and technical support to enhance the quality, impact and sustainability of agricultural water management...

Recently, the Integrated Monitoring initiative (GEMI) was established as an inter-agency initiative composed of FAO, UNEP, UNESCO, UN-Habitat, UNICEF, WHO and WMO, operating under the UN-Water umbrella, to monitor several targets of SDG6. One facet of the initiative's focus is to integrate and expand existing monitoring efforts on water stress...

The main purpose of FAO’s Social Protection Framework is to serve as a basis for the provision of more effective support to countries in delivering social protection to fight hunger, malnutrition and poverty in coherence with agricultural, food security, nutrition and rural development efforts. This paper provides elements for an answer...

On Monday 21 March at FAO HQ in Rome, a special celebration took place in recognition of the International Day of Forests on the Theme of ‘Forests and Water’. During the event the Land and Water Division shared some examples of ‘Forests and Water in Practice’. 

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This new land and water discussion paper aims to examine the notion of tenure in connection with water resources and to explore whether the concept of water tenure has the potential to make a useful contribution towards addressing some of the world’s water resources challenges. It seeks to provide answers...

The Synthesis Report from the most recent Land and Water Days event is now available to download. Over 200 experts and technical officers working in fields related to land and water management, participated in the 3rd edition held at FAO Headquarters in Rome, from 10 to 12 November 2015. The...