Hammamet will play host on December 3-6 to the First Regional Conference on Improving Water Productivity in Agriculture.
The event fits within the Collaborative Platform on Water Productivity of the FAO Regional Initiative on Water Scarcity for the Near East and North Africa.
The conference will help researchers and decision makers take stock of the situation and discuss challenges facing agricultural water.
The way water productivity enhancement can increase the sustainability of agriculture and economic growth, maintain social stability and protect environment in rural and urban areas will also take centre stage, FAO said in a press release.
A photo contest on irrigation water related challenges and improved water productivity will be held on the fringes of the event which will see the attendance of NGOs, farmers’ associations, researchers and farmers.
The conference is supported by the FAO regional project “Implementing the 2030 Agenda on Water Efficiency, Productivity and Sustainability in the MENA Countries” which is part and
parcel of the Regional Initiative on Water Scarcity launched in 2013 to help the region achieve food and water security.
