Agriculture, which accounts for 70 percent of water withdrawals worldwide, plays a major role in water pollution. Farms discharge large quantities of agrochemicals, organic matter, drug residues, sediments and saline drainage into water bodies.  Diagnosis, prediction and monitoring are key requirements for the management of agricultural practices that mitigate these harmful...

Given that the topic of Stockholm 2017 is 'water and waste: reduce and reuse’, one which has great relevance to our work in sustainable water management for food and agriculture, FAO will have a much greater role at World Water Week than in past years.   Please...

29 June 2017 – Knowledge is the basis for sustainable development, but successful implementation depends on understanding what works in the field and where to improve lives and the environment. This is why a new FAO book released today in Rome – Sustainable Land Management in the Kagera Basin...

Drought is an ordinary and accepted part of everyday life in Central Asia, but climate change and increasing economic demands pose a growing threat to the region’s water security, making it imperative to shift toward more aggressive drought management...

At the heart of sustainable development lies one simple question: how do we ensure that the social, environmental and economic needs of people and planet are all met? Considering this question is crucial in territorial development so that land and water is used and managed appropriately – to ensure food production...

AquaCrop Version 6.0 is now available! Version 6.0 of AquaCrop, the crop-water productivity model developed by FAO to address food security and assess the effect of the environment and management on crop production, has now been released on the AquaCrop website. The new features of version 6.0 are: It enhances simulation of crop...