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
Droughts cause deep and multi-faceted damage to ecosystems, (agro) economies and societies, particularly to vulnerable rural people in developing countries. A forthcoming webinar by the Global Framework on Water Scarcity in Agriculture (WASAG) group will examine the multiple risk perspectives of dro … Read more
World Water Day, on 22 March every year, is about focusing attention on the importance of water. This year’s theme ‘groundwater’, draws attention to the hidden water resource that has always been critically important but not fully recognized in sustainable development policymaking. Under the title … Read more
How to measure change in water-use efficiency over time is the focus of an e-learning course from the Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO) that aims to help countries track progress towards Sustainable Development Goal (SDG) Indicator 6.4.1: “Change in water use efficiency o … Read more
The Food and Agriculture Organization’s (FAO) Land and Water Division have launched ‘The state of the world’s land and water resources for food and agriculture: Systems at breaking point (SOLAW 2021)’. The “SOLAW 2021” synthesis report presents the main findings and recommendations of the full SOLAW … Read more
From the 8 to 9 December 2021, the Land and Water Days are hosted by the Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO). During these two days, FAO Land and Water Division invite participants to engage in lively presentations and discussions on key cross-cutting trends, and global and … Read more
