The escalating impacts of climate change, including water scarcity, pose a critical threat to global agricultural sustainability. As part of the initiatives aimed at addressing this challenge, the Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO) has developed the Value Adding Impact Area (VAIA) “Addressing Water Scarcity in Agriculture...

The High-Level Rome Water Dialogue on WASAG – The Global Framework on Water Scarcity in Agriculture was held on 17 October 2024, during the World Food Forum. Organized by the Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO), the event brought together around 400 participants, both in person and virtually, including 47 Member Nations...

Director-General highlights the need to address intensifying water scarcity threatening global food security and the lives and livelihoods of millions of people. Rome - FAO welcomed today the adoption of the Rome Declaration on Water Scarcity in Agriculture aimed at addressing water scarcity increasingly exacerbated by the climate crisis – one of the world’s...

Background Water scarcity is one of the greatest challenges of the 21st century, severely impacting agriculture, which accounts for 72 percent of global freshwater withdrawals. Droughts are already a major cause of crop failures in many parts of the world and of acute food insecurity crisis in vulnerable countries. With the...

Webinar Description:  The Global Framework on Water Scarcity in Agriculture (WASAG) is inviting all Partners to attend a meeting where updates on the latest developments under way will be provided. The meeting will take place on Tuesday 01 October 2024 by Zoom between from 15:00 to 16:00 Rome time. The meeting takes...