News
18/06/2014
Intensified cooperation to strengthen water and food security
18 June 2014, Marseille/Rome - The World Water Council (WWC) and the Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO) have agreed to intensify their collaboration in a bid to strengthen global water and food security. Long-time partners, the two organizations will expand their joint work...
16/06/2014
Every year on 17 June, the global community celebrates the World Day to Combat Desertification (WDCD). The theme of this year's WDCD is “Land Belongs to the Future - Let’s Climate Proof It” and focuses on ecosystem-based adaptation in order to...
20/05/2014
AGwA and COMESA representatives meet in Rome
The Land and Water Division (NRL) at the Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO) facilitated a Roundtable with the Partnership for Agricultural Water for Africa (AgWA) and representatives from the Common Market for Eastern and Southern Africa (COMESA) to share insights on agricultural water management (AWM) in...
15/05/2014
After successful completion of the the 1st and 2nd Regional Workshops for Eastern Europe and Latin America and the Caribbean regions respectively, the 3rd Regional Workshop for Asia-Pacific region was held from 6 to 9 May, 2014 in Hanoi, Viet Nam.
Based on the expressed interest and experience in organizing international...
15/05/2014
After successful completion of the the 1st and 2nd Regional Workshops for Eastern Europe and Latin America and the Caribbean regions respectively, the 3rd Regional Workshop for Asia-Pacific region was held from 6 to 9 May, 2014 in Hanoi, Viet Nam.
Based on the expressed interest and experience in organizing international...
28/04/2014
Designating new GIAHS sites | Rome, 28-29 April 2014
Over the past decade, FAO GIAHS Initiative has been piloting an innovative model for engaging communities, local and national governments in the adaptive management of agricultural heritage and conservation of system’s goods and services. It has served as learning laboratories for new ways to sustain nature’s bounty, ecosystems’ health, conservation...
07/04/2014
Partnership for agricultural water for Africa
AgWA is an autonomous voluntary partnership that connects governments, donors, international, regional and national organizations and civil society to promote investment in Agricultural Water Management (AWM) in Africa. It generates synergies and provides multi-disciplinary technical support for improving AWM in Africa. In particular, AgWA is a cost-effective mechanism to provide...
20/02/2014
New initiative eyes role of regional cooperation to enhance agricultural water management
20 February 2014, Rome - Water scarcity is one of the most urgent food security issues facing countries of the Near East and North Africa (NENA), with fresh water availability in the region expected to...
16/11/2013
Strong Typhoon Haiyan (Yolanda) has severely affected the agriculture sector in the central Regions of the country
Typhoon Haiyan struck the Philippines on 8 November, affecting nine Regions across central parts of the country and causing widespread devastation, massive loss of life and severe damage to the agriculture and fisheries sector. Official partial estimates indicate that some 153 495 hectares of rice paddy, maize and other high...
04/11/2013
Agricultural potential waiting to be unlocked – greater attention and investment needed
31 October 2013, Dakar - Sound water management holds the key to building resilience in Africa's Sahel and can free rural communities from the vicious cycle of weather-related food security crises that have plagued the region over recent years, FAO Director-General José Graziano da Silva said today at a high...