FAO Water Scarcity Program (WSP) for Asia-Pacific

FAO

FAO Water Scarcity Program (WSP) for Asia-Pacific

Year of publication 2021

Place of publication Bangkok, Thailand ;

Pages 6p.

Author FAO

Publisher FAO ;

Product type Brochure, flyer, fact-sheet

Edition 1

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Synopsis (short abstract) The FAO Water Scarcity Program (WSP) for Asia-Pacific seeks to support countries in coping with one of their prime challenges: pursuing food and water securities for sustainable social and economic development amid an unprecedented severe escalation of water scarcity. The WSP will assess the scope of water scarcity, evaluate effective management response options, work to improve governance, and assist partner countries to implement adaptive management in the agricultural water sector using appropriate, and newly developed tools and methodologies.

Last updated 17/05/2021 Corrigendum

Language English

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At the 2020 Regional Conference for Asia and the Pacific (APRC35), FAO presented a technical paper titled Setting regional priorities to manage water for agriculture under conditions of water scarcity. The technical paper, and the proposal for a new Water Scarcity Programme contained within it, were widely endorsed by the 35th Regional Conference. This information document serves to provide an update on the follow up actions taken in response to APRC35 recommendations. It provides an overview of the five-year Water Scarcity Programme (WSP) for Asia and the Pacific region and progress made in its development. The WSP has now been developed in detail and is designed to support FAO Members in taking practical steps to address and manage water scarcity in a changing climate. The WSP is based on extensive scoping activities that FAO carried out between 2019 and 2021. It is a consultative document designed to allow the Regional Conference to provide inputs and comments for improvement.