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
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
Summary report from the global workshop on monitoring SDG 6 UN-Water 15 November, 2018 The UN-Water Integrated Monitoring Initiative for SDG 6 is organized a global workshop in November in The Hague, the Netherlands, gathering country representatives from across the world as well UN-Water Members an … Read more
Launch of SDG 6 indicator reports UN-Water 26 August, 2018 The monitoring of progress towards SDG 6 is a means to making it happen. High-quality data help policy- and decision makers at all levels of government to identify challenges and opportunities, to set priorities for more effective and effici … Read more
Facebook live during World Water Week UN-Water 25 August, 2018 From 26 to 31 August, the 2018 edition of World Water Week will take place in Stockholm, Sweden. If you are not attending the event, you can also engage with us digitally and watch our Facebook live interviews. Sunday 26 August ‘The coor … Read more
The linkages between migration, agriculture, food security and rural development. UN-Water 20 August, 2018 The Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO), the International Fund for Agricultural Development (IFAD), and the International Organization for Migration and the World Foo … Read more
