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Policy briefPolicy briefDesalination and agriculture: Balancing opportunities and challenges in the context of changing climate 2025
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No results found.Climate change and growing water scarcity are increasingly challenging global agricultural production, especially in arid and semi-arid regions. Although agriculture uses more than 70 percent of the world’s freshwater, many areas are facing severe shortages worsened by climate change. To address this issue, the FAO, through initiatives such as WASAG and WSI, is exploring non-conventional water sources, including desalination. Desalination, which removes salt and impurities from seawater or brackish water, is rapidly expanding, with more than 19,000 facilities producing over 100 million cubic meters of freshwater each day. While desalination offers a promising solution to secure water for agriculture, its adoption requires careful consideration of technological, economic, and environmental trade-offs. This policy brief examines the potential of desalination for agricultural development, highlighting its challenges and opportunities, and provides key policy recommendations to maximize its benefits in the context of climate change. -
Book (stand-alone)Technical studyWater desalination for agricultural applications 2006
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No results found.With worldwide concerns about water scarcity, agriculture is under pressure to improve water management and explore available options to match supply and demand. Desalination is a technical option to increase the availability of freshwater both in coastal areas with limited resources and in areas where brackish waters are available. Water desalination is the main source of potable water in some countries and in many islands around the world and it is also being used in certain coun tries to irrigate high-value crops. However, it has proven much less economic for agricultural application than the reuse of treated wastewater, even where the capital costs of the desalination plants are subsidized. -
Book (stand-alone)Technical studyGreen finance as a critical lever for delivering sustainable agrifood systems – A global landscape study 2023
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No results found.The global landscape study on ‘Green finance as a critical lever for delivering sustainable agrifood system’ is an inclusive commentary on the current status of green finance to agrifood sector in the global south and its support system. This document provides evidence that the current green finance trends favour the development of the clean energy industry, whereas smallholder agriculture has not had the same success. Financing the agrifood sector in a “business as usual” mode is not a sufficient condition to mitigate the risks emanated from a range of climatic shocks and unprecedented events impacting the global food value chains. Sustainable financing mechanisms through innovative instruments and business practices are potential solutions and green finance emerges as the way forward to shift the focus from economic profit creation to the generation of stakeholder’s value (economic, environmental, and social governance). The document presents an excellent opportunity that can help elicit ongoing initiatives, application mechanisms, and significant issues to build global narratives about developing an inclusive approach to green finance services for the agrifood sector.
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NewsletterNewsletterBulletin de la FAO en Tunisie, 1er semestre 2025 – n° 1 2025
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No results found.This first issue of the FAO newsletter in Tunisia provides an overview of the program and progress of projects, while highlighting events and initiatives that punctuate the organization's mission in the country. This newsletter includes a summary of major achievements in the first half of 2025, a spotlight on ongoing projects and their progress, as well as a look ahead to upcoming events accompanied by an inspiring success story.