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FAO and IHE Delft continue their cooperation

  • FAO and IHE Delft continue their cooperation

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IHE Delft Institute for Water Education is the largest international graduate water education facility in the world.

On May 4, the Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO) signed a Memorandum of Understanding with IHE Delft with the main objective to develop a range of activities to strengthen and mobilize educational and knowledge base for integrated water resources management mainly in the field of agriculture.

The collaboration between the two organizations is not new, as in 2014 a previous partnership agreement was signed to officialize the relationship. 

IHE Delft is one of the main partners in FAO’s initiative to monitor Water Productivity through Open Access of Remotely Sensed data (WaPOR). By leveraging on each other’s comparative advantages, the renovated collaboration will initially focus on technical and scientific exchange, capacity development and the development of at least two joint projects to support evidence-based decision making on topics such as agricultural water management policies, water accounting and auditing, assessment and reduction of land and water productivity gaps, irrigation and modernization. 

By linking research with practice, activities are planned to organize and present information related to the hydrological cycle and the current status and trends in both water supply and demand including issues associated to accessibility, uncertainty, economic value and governance. 

Furthermore, the identification, mapping and monitoring of variability in land and water productivity in different cropping systems will be undertaken by using remote sensing methods to contribute to assess potential strategies aiming to increase agricultural production, while taking into account ecosystems and equitable use of water resources.  

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