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1. Sanitation Workers: Light at the End of the Tunnel?

(Media / Sanitation Workers: Light at the End of the Tunnel?)

Sanitation workers are vital to the functioning sanitation systems that underpin daily life, and we need many more of them to achieve the ambitious agenda of Sustainable Development Goal (SDG) 6 to bring ...

2. Piloting innovations to increase Water Productivity and Food Security for smallholder farmers

(Media / Piloting innovations to increase Water Productivity and Food Security for smallholder farmers)

Listen in to see how open data, like the kind from Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO) 's Water Productivity Open-Access Portal (WaPOR), can be employed for the benefit of smallholder ...

3. Webinar Recording- Using WaPOR to boost Water Productivity

(Media / Webinar Recording- Using WaPOR to boost Water Productivity)

Agriculture is by far the world’s largest water user (70% of total water withdrawn each year), but the limits to using new water have been largely reached and competition between uses and users is increasing. ...

4. Bush Control Namibia: Turning Bush into Fodder

(Media / Bush Control Namibia: Turning Bush into Fodder)

The production of animal fodder from local encroacher bush has transformational potential for farmers in Namibia. Farms become more drought resilient, productive rangeland is restored through bush thinning ...

5. 6. Kavindu: “Grass farming is the way to go” (Hay and Milk Production)

(Media / 6. Kavindu: “Grass farming is the way to go” (Hay and Milk Production))

Kavindu has been doing serious dairy farming in Kitui County, with his 8 cows. He shares that farmers in Kitui County have many challenges with growing crops, often there is complete crop failure. Pasture ...

6. 5. Abel: “I am a student of Climate Change” (Local Grass for Dry Areas)

(Media / 5. Abel: “I am a student of Climate Change” (Local Grass for Dry Areas))

Abel has started dairy farming after a field day with a successful dairy farmer. He was impressed and decided to develop his own dairy farm, focussing on growing grasses for their feed. He also does road ...

7. 4. Elizabeth: A Teacher to All who Wish to Learn (Intercropping and Teaching Neighbours)

(Media / 4. Elizabeth: A Teacher to All who Wish to Learn (Intercropping and Teaching Neighbours))

Elizabeth is a role model in her locality, teaching others the importance of growing grass and the methods. She shows how she has planted, how she does the weeding and intercropping. Explaining the differences ...

8. 3. Mwova: Farmer of the Year (Roadwater Harvesting & Hay Sale)

(Media / 3. Mwova: Farmer of the Year (Roadwater Harvesting & Hay Sale))

Mwova has been a famous name among Kitui Farmers, he has a very nice farm and knows the market demands. With a clever road water harvesting system he ensures that the grasses always have enough moisture ...

9. 2. Jackson: Always Trying Novel Ways (Seed Harvesting and Beef Production)

(Media / 2. Jackson: Always Trying Novel Ways (Seed Harvesting and Beef Production))

Farmer Jackson is always up to try a new method which is promising for his farm. He for example requested the road authorities to divert the road runoff into his farm, where he takes it to all sides of ...

10. 1. Nzau & Kaindi: You are never too old to be a pioneer (Introduction)

(Media / 1. Nzau & Kaindi: You are never too old to be a pioneer (Introduction))

Mzee Nzau has decided to convert his bushland to grassland, in order to feed his cows. He has prepared three acres for grass production, which he feeds to his cows through a cut-and-carry system. Kaindi ...

11. Water Productivity in Agriculture – The case of paddy in Pakistan

(Media / Water Productivity in Agriculture – The case of paddy in Pakistan)

The Case of Paddy in Pakistan... Helvetas Swiss Intercooperaion Pakistan implemented this project in Punjab in collaboration of local partners from private and public sectors. More info: Produced by: ...

12. الفيديو التعريفي لبوابة وابر

(Media / الفيديو التعريفي لبوابة وابر)

وابر هو بوابة المنظمة لرصد إنتاجية المياه من خلال الوصول المفتوح للبيانات المشتقة المستشعرة عن بعد ، ويتيح للمستخدمين الوصول إلى مجموعة واسعة من بيانات الأقمار الصناعية عن إنتاجية المياه في الوقت الحقيقي ...

13. Using WaPOR: Introduction

(Media / Using WaPOR: Introduction)

Part 1 in the series of 4 videos prepared as manuals for using the FAO portal to monitor WAter Productivity through Open access of Remotely sensed derived data. More info: https://wapor.apps.fao.org/home/1 ...

14. Using WaPOR 2: Downloading Annual Data

(Media / Using WaPOR 2: Downloading Annual Data)

Part 2 in the series of 4 videos prepared as manuals for using the FAO portal to monitor WAter Productivity through Open access of Remotely sensed derived data. More info: https://wapor.apps.fao.org/home/1 ...

15. Using WaPOR 3: Downloading Monthly Data

(Media / Using WaPOR 3: Downloading Monthly Data)

Part 3 in the series of 4 videos prepared as manuals for using the FAO portal to monitor WAter Productivity through Open access of Remotely sensed derived data. More info: https://wapor.apps.fao.org/home/1 ...

16. Using WaPOR 4: Downloading Raster Data using more Polygons

(Media / Using WaPOR 4: Downloading Raster Data using more Polygons)

Part 4 in the series of 4 videos prepared as manuals for using the FAO portal to monitor WAter Productivity through Open access of Remotely sensed derived data. More info: https://wapor.apps.fao.org/home/1 ...

17. Saeeda

(Media / Saeeda)

The story of Saeedah highlights the importance of womeb to peacebuilding. More info: Produced by: DotNotion (dotnotion.com/) Year: 2019 Language: Arabic, English subtitles  Region: Yemen

18. Farmer rehabilitaton Balochistan

(Media / Farmer rehabilitaton Balochistan)

Farmers explain the farmer rehabilitation process of the Mal Gishkori channel, the last off-take of the Chakar River in Sibi Balochistan, Pakistan. This area fully depends on spate irrigation. More ...

19. Creating Pastures in African Drylands using RoadWater Harvesting

(Media / Creating Pastures in African Drylands using RoadWater Harvesting)

Livestock is a key asset across the world. It is a key source of nutrition, and the basis for one-third of the value of global agricultural production. Around 1.3 billion people depend on livestock for ...

20. webinar: why is fetching water considered a women’s job?

(Media / webinar: why is fetching water considered a women’s job?)

In a tribal village in Zambia, fetching water has always been women’s (and children’s) job. This assignment of the role has its roots to the cultural norms of the place. These cultural norms affect the ...