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Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations Land and Water Division

Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations Land and Water Division. AQUASTAT. FAO’s global information system on water and agriculture. Improving the flow of water information. by Karen FRENKEN AQUASTAT Programme Coordinator Senior Water Resources Management Officer

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Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations Land and Water Division

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  1. Food and Agriculture Organization of the United NationsLand and Water Division AQUASTAT FAO’s global information system on water and agriculture Improving the flow of water information by Karen FRENKEN AQUASTAT Programme Coordinator Senior Water Resources Management Officer Second Arab Water Forum, Cairo, 20 November 2011

  2. Industry 19 % Municipal 11 % Agriculture 70 % Water and agriculture Water withdrawal by sector

  3. Some key questions • Is there enough water to feed the world in the near future (water balance, competition with other sectors)? • What are the performancesof the irrigation sector? How do they change with time? • How does irrigation contribute to food security and to the achievement of theMDGs and WSSD targets? • What is the impact of irrigation on the environment?

  4. How information is gathered in AQUASTAT ← Water resources and irrigation master plans ← National yearbooks, statistics and reports ← Expert information Literature review Thematic research Country surveys Critical analysis & data processing – Database management system Modeled data – GIS and RS Standardization User feedback Feedback and approval from national authorities/institutions Comments provided by experts/institutions → Data → Country profiles, regional synthesis → Spatial data → Thematic studies Dissemination - Web, publications, CD-rom

  5. AQUASTAT products • Online country database: 160 variables • Geography et population (15), Water resources (45), Water use (30), Irrigation et drainage (60), Environment and health (10) • Country profiles and fact sheets: 140 countries • Africa, Asia, Latin America and the Caribbean • Regional overviews: 5 regions • Africa, Western Asia (Middle East), Southern and Eastern Asia, Former Soviet Union, Latin America and the Caribbean • Climate information tool Interactive tool to query spatial data-set containing mean monthly climate data • Water resources: 200 countries Water resources balance sheets for all countries, containing internal, external and total renewable water resources, considering agreements • Water use: 200 countries Irrigated crop calendar, crop water use, irrigation water withdrawal, climate information tool

  6. AQUASTAT products (cont.) • Map on surface water and groundwater irrigation areas • Statistical data from > 15 000 administrative units analyzed, standardized and rules applied to determine if area is irrigated by surface water or groundwater • Maps, tables and GIS products: wide variety • Global, regional and national maps and tables, geo-referenced database on dams, spatial data • Country water investment envelop and portfolio: Africa Country surveys on investments related to water for agriculture and energy • Institutions: around 300 Addresses and links to institutions in the field of agricultural water resources management, presented by country • Glossary: around 300 terms In Arabic, Chinese, English, French, Russian and Spanish • Publications: around 25 Around 20 publications

  7. The database and the variables

  8. Country profiles Geography, climate and population Economy, agriculture, food security Water resources and use Irrigation and drainage development Water management, policies and legislation related to water use in agriculture Environment and health Perspectives for agricultural water management Main sources of information  Regional overviews http://www.fao.org/nr/water/aquastat/countries_regions/index.stm

  9. Irrigated area and land suitablefor irrigation in million ha (2001)

  10. Maps and GIS Products

  11. Water resources Review of world water resources by country: • Internal, external surface water and groundwater • Country dependency on water from other countries • Flows reserved by treaties • Calculation spreadsheets with rules and guidelines for accounting water resources • Regional overviews of the water resource situation http://www.fao.org/nr/water/aquastat/water_res/index.stm

  12. Internal renewable water resourcesin theNile Basin

  13. Agricultural water use

  14. Institutions: Addresses and links to around 300 institutions in the field of agricultural water resources management, presented by country http://www.fao.org/nr/water/aquastat/data/institutions/search.html Glossary: Definitions for around 300 terms in the field of water resources and agricultural water management, including terminology, origin, comments and typology in English, French, Spanish, Chinese, Arabic, Russian http://www.fao.org/nr/water/aquastat/data/glossary/search.html?lang=en

  15. Some challenges • Sub-national level information • Information by river basin • Non-availability or unreliability of data for some major indicators • Definitions (harmonization) • Data linked to reference • Validation of data • Ways to update and frequency • Time series • Information dissemination • Sustainability of monitoring process in relation to national monitoring capacities • “If you can’t measure, you can’t manage”… Data is expensive but indispensable

  16. Thank you! شكرا لكم! http://www.fao.org/nr/aquastat

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