Water productivity through open access of remotely sensed derived data portal (WaPOR)

Water productivity through open access of remotely sensed derived data portal (WaPOR)

FAO digital service portfolio

Year of publication 2018

Place of publication Rome, Italy ;

Pages 2

Publisher FAO ;

Product type Brochure, flyer, fact-sheet

Edition 1

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Synopsis (short abstract) On the occasion of the conference "Youth employment in agriculture as a solid solution to ending hunger and poverty in Africa" (Kigali, Rwanda, 20−21 August 2018), FAO will showcase a digital service portfolio, consisting of 10 innovation projects. This flyer presents the WaPOR portal that provides publicly accessible, near real-time data to monitor agricultural water productivity, using innovative satellite technology.

Language English

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