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ProjectFactsheetSafeguarding Agricultural Livelihoods of Floods-Affected Farming Households Through Rehabilitation of Irrigation Infrastructures - TCP/TIM/3805 2025
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No results found.Seroja, a category one cyclone, caused heavy rains across Timor-Leste that resulted in the worst flooding in the country in 40 years. Dili, Timor-Leste’s capital, and the low-lying areas that surround it were the worst affected. On 8 April 2021, the government declared a state of calamity in Dili and called for international assistance. The Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO) conducted a Crop and Food Security Assessment Mission (CFSAM) from 27 April to 9 May 2021 to provide an accurate picture to the extent to which the agricultural sector had been affected. The assessment concluded that out of 22 300 ha that had been planted for the primary rice planting season nationwide, approximately 2 660 ha had been affected by floods, and that out of 33 700 ha of corn, 1 570 ha had been affected by floods and strong winds. Irrigated land located close to rivers had been washed away and irrigation infrastructures sustained extensive damage. An increasing threat to irrigated areas over the past decade was identified, due to recurring damage to irrigation infrastructure from flash floods that are often beyond the local communities’ capacity to repair. It was also concluded that long-term landscape degradation, caused primarily by unsustainable shifting slash-and-burn agriculture practices, uncontrolled fire and overgrazing, had resulted in visible soil erosion across the national territory. -
ProjectFactsheetDevelopment of Sierra Leone National Irrigation Master Plan - TCP/SIL/3801 2023
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No results found.Sierra Leone possesses several agroecological zones that are well-suited for agricultural activities, extending over a total arable area of 5 400 000 ha, showcasing high potential for production and productivity. The agricultural sector currently contributes to over 45 percent of the national gross domestic product (GDP), generating self-employment opportunities for a significant portion of the rural population, 75 percent of whom rely on subsistence farming. In spite of the availability of arable land and water resources, irrigation is employed on less than 0.05 percent of the nation's arable land. As a result, crop production throughout the country heavily depends on rain, leading to a primarily primitive agricultural system that lacks significant implementation of good agricultural practices. Farmers, especially smallholder farmers, are engaged in agricultural activities with minimal output compared to other countries. During the 1970s, Sierra Leone thrived as a food exporter, particularly rice, supplying neighbouring countries such as Guinea and Liberia. However, the current situation has shifted dramatically, and the country has transitioned into a significant importer of food commodities, including its staple food, rice. The annual importation of rice alone exceeds USD 200 million. -
ProjectFactsheetTechnical Assistance for the Promotion of Drip Irrigation System at Selected Irrigation Schemes in Nigeria - TCP/NIR/3803 2024
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No results found.Scarcity of global freshwater is increasing due to the negative impact of climate change, improper management of water resources and the increased food demands of a growing population. The agricultural sector is dependent upon clean water and, in many parts of the world, ensuring food security and environmental sustainability has become a real challenge due to low rainfall and recurrent droughts, which have made irrigation a crucial factor in ensuring access to food. In Nigeria, fast population growth has resulted in high unemployment rates, with over 4 million young people entering the labour market every year. With some technical support, the FMWRS can transform food production systems in Nigeria to improve rural livelihoods and create job opportunities for young farmers, as well as supporting national strategies and food security efforts. This project aimed to identify and transform the national irrigation project from being a flood-based system to a low-energy drip irrigation system, which includes efficient water management practices to produce a higher number of crops, while reducing the use of water. The project also aimed to assist the FMWRS in creating employment and increasing self-sufficiency in food production by providing a platform for small farmers and youth to implement an inexpensive irrigation system that respects the national agenda on sustainability.
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Book (stand-alone)Manual / guidePolicy guide to improve water productivity in small-scale agriculture
The case of Burkina Faso, Morocco and Uganda
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No results found.In developing countries, further progress of irrigation is essential for increasing food security and farmers’ income. However, developing small-scale schemes remains a challenge due to multiple factors that must be taken into consideration, such as diversity of small-scale schemes, a large number of water users, social disharmony over the water use, varying water demands of multi-cropping systems, heterogeneity of equipment over the scheme. Furthermore, on-farm irrigation development has a major role in enhancing Agricultural Water Management (AWM). The previous development methods considered the improvement of single-factor productivity, but agriculture is undergoing a global shift from the single objective of outputs (such as yield or net income) to multiple objectives of increasing outputs while conserving natural resources. Many pathways towards enhancement of Water Productivity (WP) are directly related to improving overall farm agronomic management (irrigation, fertilization, plant density, plant protection, etc.), while external measures must be applied to ensure sustainability of introduced good practices (lack of input markets, scarce knowledge, poor infrastructures, water regulations, etc.). Thus introducing irrigation practices to farmers must undergo a step-wise process to ensure that costs do not outweigh achievable benefits, and both institutional and technical environment are capable to sustain results. This is the case in smallholders’ schemes, where farmers are poorly resourced. In order to address these issues, the current policy guide presents a combined methodology, which involves practical experiences drawn from FAO work in the three countries as well as researchers’ results to line up a set of feasible measures to improving WP. -
Policy briefPolicy briefIrrigating from space
Using remote sensing for agricultural water management
2022Also available in:
No results found.With water becoming increasingly scarce and irrigated agriculture already accounting for 70 percent of global water withdrawals, governments around the world are supporting efforts to improve the performance of water use in agriculture. The Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO) and its partners have invested in developing databases and tools that apply remote sensing in agricultural water management, with a focus on low-income and data-scarce contexts. This brief was produced under the FAO-World Bank Cooperative Progamme and proposes concrete applications of the FAO-developed tool: WaPOR – Water Productivity through Open access of Remotely sensed derived data portal. -
Book (stand-alone)Technical bookProgress on change in water-use efficiency
Global status and acceleration needs for SDG indicator 6.4.1, 2021
2021The global indicator on water-use efficiency tracks to what extent a country’s economic growth is dependent on the use of water resources, and enables policy and decision-makers to target interventions at sectors with high water use and low levels of improved efficiency over time. This indicator addresses the economic component of target 6.4. In this report, you can learn more about the global and country progress on water-use efficiency. More information and methodological guidance can be found at: www.fao.org/sustainable-development-goals/ indicators/641 This report is part of a series that tracks progress towards the various targets set out in SDG 6 using the SDG global indicators. To learn more about water and sanitation in the 2030 Agenda for Sustainable Development, and the Integrated Monitoring Initiative for SDG 6, visit our website: www.sdg6monitoring.org