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.
Strengthening Agricultural Water Efficiency and Productivity on the African and Global Level
Strengthening Agricultural Water Efficiency and Productivity on the African and Global Level
New version of FAO AQUASTAT now available online UN-Water AQUASTAT is the Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO) global information system on water resources and agricultural water management. AQUASTAT collects, analyses and provides free access to over 180 variables and indic … Read more
FAO reports on decline of biodiversity UN-Water The first FAO report on the State of the World’s Biodiversity for Food and Agriculture was released during the seventeenth session of the Commission on Genetic Resources for Food and Agriculture. Based on information provided by 91 countries and 27 int … Read more
The United Nations General Assembly declare 2021 – 2030 the UN Decade on Ecosystem Restoration UN-Water The UN Decade on Ecosystem Restoration, declared 1 March by the UN General Assembly, aims to massively scale up the restoration of degraded and destroyed ecosystems as a proven measure to fight th … Read more
Commemoration of World Water Day and launch of UN World Water Development Report UN-Water Commemorating World Water Day, a pivot event will be hosted on 19 March 2019 at the Palais des Nations, home of the United Nations Office at Geneva. During the event, the United Nations World Water Development … Read more
International Forum on Water Scarcity in Agriculture UN-Water 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 with the celebrati … Read more
