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...

The 2024 edition of the World Water Week will focus on water cooperation, for peace and security in its broadest sense. The theme “Bridging Borders: Water for a Peaceful and Sustainable Future” challenges us to recognize the regional and global interconnectivity of communities and nations, and highlights the collaborative efforts...

Increasing salinity conditions is one of the manifestations of climate change which affects agriculture production, food security and nutrition with the potential to lead to environmental degradation. In response, the Global Framework on Water Scarcity in Agriculture (WASAG) works towards collaborative solutions for resilient agrifood systems. Under the FAO's Value Adding...