More than three billion people live in agricultural areas with high to very high levels of water shortages and scarcity, and almost half of them face severe constraints.
This report presents the performance of the sector during the financial year (FY) 2019/20 with respect to investments, targets, achievements, outputs and challenges. It is based on Sector Performance Indicators.
“When there are floods, we have to build barriers to keep our land safe,” says Ataev Maksat, a 35-year old farmer from Saryyazy, a village in Mary, Turkmenistan.
Securing Water for Food: A Grand Challenge for Development (SWFF) has now completed six years of activity and has come to an end. The Securing Water for Food program exceeded the expected outcomes envisioned when the program was created.
Feed the Future is holding a photo contest to showcase their partners’ work on digital technologies and innovation. Submissions are due July 20.
Here are the guidelines for submission:
On July 9, the second session of a 2-part webinar series on farmer-led irrigation (FLI) is organized by GWP, the World Bank, the International Water Management Institute (IWMI), and the Daugherty Water for Food Global Institute.