UN-Water Media Resources: Agriculture and Food Security

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Agriculture and Food Security

World Water Day 2012 "Water and Food Security" - Official brochure
12-pages brochure prepared by the Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO) on behalf of UN-Water for World Water Day 2012.
Also available in French (116 KB), Spanish (116 KB) and Italian.

The State of Land and Water Resources for Food and Agriculture (SOLAW)| Summary Report
The State of Land and Water Resources (SOLAW) is FAO's first flagship publication on the global status of land and water resources. It is an 'advocacy' report, to be published every 3 to 5 years, and targeted at senior level decision makers in agriculture as well as in other sectors.

The wealth of waste - The economics of wastewater use in agriculture
Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO) Water Report #35 on wastewater use in agriculture. 2010

Climate change, water and food security
Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO) information sheet prepared for the High-Level Conference on World Food Security: the Challenges of Climate Change and Bioenergy, 2008 (124 KB)
Also available in Arabic (180 KB), Chinese (292 KB), French (116 KB) and Spanish (116 KB)

Climate Change: Impacts on Global Agriculture
World Meteorological Organization (WMO) and International Federation of Agricultural Producers (IFAP) issue briefing, (1.9 MB)

Water and Food Security
FAO fact sheet, 2008 (100 KB)

Agricultural Ecosystems: Facts and Trends
World Business Council for Sustainable Development (WBCSD) and the International Union for Conservation of Nature (IUCN), 2008 (1.5 MB)

Water Rights and Wrongs: A young people's summary of the Human Development Report 2006 - Beyond scarcity: Power, poverty, and the global water crisis
United Nations Development Programme (UNDP), 2006 (5.1 MB)
Also available in Arabic (9.6 MB - large file), Basque (2.1 MB), French (5.6 MB) and Spanish (5.5 MB)

Opportunity Untapped
FAO fact sheet prepared for the Fourth World Water Forum, 2006 (672 KB)
Also available in Spanish (554 KB)

Unlocking the water potential of agriculture
FAO fact sheet prepared for the Third World Water Forum, 2003 (104 KB)
Also available in French (116 KB) and Spanish (116 KB)