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The Land and Water Development Division is concerned with the development of technology, strategy and policy, and the provision of advisory and
technical services to FAO Members to ensure a more productive and efficient use of land and water resources and plant nutrients in order to meet present and future food and agriculture demands on
a sustainable basis.
Contacts
Field Projects  
Normative Projects
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The Land and Plant Nutrition Management Service is responsible
for programmes and activities related to integrated planning and management of land and plant nutrient resources, enhancement of soil fertility and land
productivity for food production and other social and environmental services of land.
Mandate
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The Water Resources, Development and
Management Service is concerned with sustainable use and conservation of water in agriculture.
Mandate
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International Programme for Technology and Research
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A multi-donor trust fund hosted and managed by FAO as a special programme. Building capacity for sustainable agricultural water management and for a more efficient use of water in agriculture.
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Databases / Information Systems
AgroMAPS AQUASTAT CLIMWAT CROPWAT
GLASOD
Glossary Land and Water Terms IPNIS
Irrigation Equipment
Nutrient
Responses
ProSoil
Terrastat
WOCAT
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On-line Publications
Read/download more than 160
publications
Land
Soil
Fertility + Plant Nutrition
Water
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Digital Media Series
Rapidly growing CD-ROM series on Land and Water issues (32
volumes !)
Publication Series
Titles of all volumes published in 13 different publications
series
Maps
More than 3000 maps in digital
and paper
format
Training Resources
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Ongoing/Forthcoming Events:
World Water Day event, 22/03/2007, Rome, Italy Visit site ..
New Publications:
WOCAT: ' where the land is greener ' More ..
Live audio: Farmer Field Schools (F) More ..
World Reference Base for Soil Resources More..
Guidelines for soil description More..
New CD-ROMs in the Digital Media Series
AgroMaps, a global spatial database ... More ..
Properties and management of drylands More ..
Methods and material in soil conservation More
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Training
Course on Water Harvesting More..
New Websites:
Mineral Fertilizer Specifications More ..
Integrated Plant Nutrition Inform. System More ..
Glossary on Integrat. Nutrient Managmt. More ..
Capacity Develmt. for Water in Agricult. More ..
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News Archive
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