Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO)
FAO is the custodian agency for the SDG indicators 6.4.1 on water use efficiency, and 6.4.2 on level of water stress. As such, FAO collects and reports indicators’ data produced and/or verified by each country, and provide technical support and capacity development as required.
FAO is a partner of the UN-Water-coordinated GEMI project. It has been actively involved in GEMI since it joined the initiative, where it has provided technical expertise in relation with water use efficiency, water scarcity, and wastewater treatment and reuse, together with expertise on approaches to global water monitoring.
In order to better address these issues, FAO has developed AQUASTAT, a monitoring capacity which it has maintained for the past 25 years and which includes a global water database, country reports and associated tools for global analysis of water issues.
Water efficiency in agriculture
Strengthening Agricultural Water Efficiency and Productivity on the African and Global Level
International Forum on Water Scarcity in Agriculture UN-Water 7 February, 2019 Under the patronage of Cabo Verde, in collaboration with Italy and FAO, WASAG announces its 1st International Forum on Water Scarcity in Agriculture to be held in Praia, Cabo Verde from 19 to 22 March 2019, to coincide w … Read more
Environmental Flows in the Indicator 6.4.2 UN-Water 4 February, 2019 The Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO) recently launched the new guidelines for incorporating environmental flows into the SDG indicator 6.4.2. The guidelines intend to assist countries in the assessment … Read more
Launch of the SDG 6 Public Dialogue Report UN-Water 31 January, 2019 In June 2018, UN-Water released the first SDG 6 Synthesis Report 2018 on Water and Sanitation. The Sustainable Development Goal 6 Synthesis Report 2018 on Water and Sanitation reviews the global progress made towards achieving Sust … Read more
World Water Day 2019 – Leaving no one behind UN-Water 17 January, 2019 World Water Day, on 22 March every year, is about focusing attention on the importance of water. This year’s theme, ‘Leaving no one behind’, adapts the central promise of the 2030 Agenda for Sustainable Development that as … Read more
Nature Based Solutions as a method to help relieve the pressure on food security UN-Water 3 January, 2019 FAO Land and Water Division publish discussion paper evaluate Nature Based Solutions as a method to help relieve the pressure on food security. Food and agricultural systems are under a set of p … Read more
