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08/10/2013
Population growth and dietary changes seem to be the main cause of the worldwide increased food demand, projected as being 60% higher by 2050.
Global agriculture faces the challenges for a “sustainable intensification” in production to address food security and increasingly scarce natural resources, further aggravated by climate change.
While the importance...
16/08/2013
Dushanbe, 20-21 August 2013
The Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO) participated in the High Level International Conference on Water Cooperation, which was held from 21-22 August 2013 in Dushanbe, the capital of Tajikistan. During the Conference, Mr Tony Alonzi, Acting Regional Representative for Europe and Central Asia, welcomed water experts...
08/03/2013
Need to focus on building resilience and reducing risks
8 March 2013, Geneva/Rome – Droughts cause the deaths and displacement of more people than cyclones, floods and earthquakes combined, making them the world’s most destructive natural hazard. Yet while droughts are expected to increase in frequency, area and intensity due to climate change, effective drought management policies are missing...
27/08/2012
New FAO framework launched
27 August 2012, Stockholm/Rome - Drought in some parts of the world has hurt global grain production and contributed to food price spikes virtually every other year since 2007, highlighting the need to transform the way water is used - and wasted - throughout the entire food chain.
This is one...
24/05/2012
Meeting in Nairobi, 29-31 May
Regional water experts will gather in Nairobi 29-31 May.
Some 2.5 billion people worldwide depend solely on groundwater resources to satisfy their daily needs for water and hundreds of millions of farmers rely on groundwater to sustain their livelihoods.
Yet most if not all aquifers are not being sustainably managed to conserve...
22/03/2012
On World Water Day, UN community says better management of finite water resources is key to feeding the world
Lack of water limits the ability of farmers to produce enough food to eat or earn a living.
22 March 2012, Rome - UN Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon today said that producing enough food to feed the world's rapidly growing population will require the international community to ensure the sustainable use of...
14/02/2012
FAO technical know-how helping to restore system after decades of disrepair
FAO is helping to rehabilitate Afghanistan’s traditional irrigation systems.
14 February 2012, Rome - The UN Food and Agriculture Organization is boosting its technical support for rehabilitation of Afghanistan's dilapidated traditional irrigation systems, in a bid to help farmers increase crop production. The initiative also aims to improve the knowledge and...
28/11/2011
Widespread degradation and deepening scarcity of land and water resources have placed a number of key food production systems around the globe at risk, posing a profound challenge to the task of feeding a world population expected to reach 9 billion...
17/11/2011
But holistic policy approaches, integrated planning, more attention to smallholder farmers needed
17 November 2011, Rome/Bonn - As pressure on the world's water resources reaches unsustainable levels in an increasing number of regions, a "business-as-usual" approach to economic development and natural resource management will no longer be possible, FAO said today.
Agriculture will be key to the implementation of sustainable water management, the...
27/10/2011
Nile Basin New information on agricultural water use will support better planning, prevent future food insecurity
Rapid population growth and natural resource degradation in the Nile River Basin pose the risk of intensified hunger and poverty in the region and require better, more forward-looking development planning to prevent that from happening, FAO said today. The warning came...