Water Productivity to Improve Water Sustainability in Agricultural Production
Session hosted by DWFI at World Water Week
Time: 2-3:30 p.m. CEST (7-8:30 a.m. CT)
Date: Tuesday, August 22
Water is key to food security, energy production, and sustaining human health and ecosystem services. This session will explore the use of local, regional, and global scale data, novel approaches in estimating crop water productivity and challenges of assessing livestock water productivity.
Multi-stakeholder Collaboration in Agricultural Water Stewardship: Solutions to Advance SDGs
A collaborative session at World Water Week with DWFI, FFAR and Netafim
Time: 4-5:30 p.m. CEST (9-10:30 a.m. CT)
Date: Tuesday, August 22
Global thought leaders, including farmer representatives, will highlight the role of agricultural water stewardship in advancing inextricably linked SDGs beyond water scarcity and water quality concerns. This session will issue a charge to unify priorities and invest in agricultural water stewardship to address the challenges of food supply and sustainability.