World Water Day

   This session will explore advances in Integrated Water Resources Management strategies through innovative approaches in agriculture, fisheries and forestry, and how these can improve water policies for better water allocation. Watch the SD04 - Deep Dive 3 - Rome Water Dialogue - Innovations in agriculture, forestry and fisheries for integrated water resources management! Agencies, Funds & Programmes

  Building on previous editions, the High-Level Rome Water Dialogue will celebrate solutions put forward by FAO Members on Integrated Water Resources Management for food security . It will encourage commitments from relevant stakeholders in both water and agriculture sectors to support Integrated Water Resource Management and enhance cross-sectorial collaboration on water for food security .The Rome Water Dialogue 2025 will showcase and celebrate FAO Members' water resources management solutions developed and implemented over the past 80 years, contributing to the FAO's celebration of its 80th Anniversary.   Watch the WD02 - Rome Water Dialogue: High-level segment! Agencies, Funds & Programmes +

  Although global food production has kept pace with population growth, close to 750 million people (or 10% of the global population) were exposed to severe levels of food insecurity in 2019. Unfortunately, this number has increased even further over the course of 2020 due to the COVID-19 pandemic and its economic impacts worldwide. Rainfed agriculture covers 80% of the world’s cropland and accounts for the major part (60%) of food production. Rainfed agriculture has a global water footprint of5,173 km3 per year . Irrigated agriculture covers about 20% of cultivated lands, yet it accounts for 40% of food production, and has a global water footprint of 2,230 km3 per year. The global water footprint related to crop production in the period 1996–2005 was 7,404 km3 per year, representing 92% of humanity’s water footprint . Despite striking economic growth in the past, there are still 2.1 billion poor people, of whom 767 million people live in extreme poverty. Of all people...