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 

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.
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The Water Resources, Development and Management Service is concerned with sustainable use and conservation of water in agriculture.
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International Programme for Technology and Research in Irrigation and Drainage
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.

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 

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

Land and Water Newsletter

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 ..
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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Collections of digital resources (documents, www pages, databases, etc...) relating to:
AEZ - Agro-Ecological Zones
Conservation Agriculture
GLASOD - National Soil Degradation Maps
Global Agro-Ecological Assessment
GPA Pollutant Nodes: Nutrients + Sediments
National Info on Land, Water, Plant Nutrition
LADA - Land Degradation Assessment in Drylands
Land Use
Soil Biodiversity
Soil Carbon Sequestration
Soil Fertility and Plant Nutrition
Soil Productiv. Improvement - Farmer Field Schools
Soil Resources Mapping and Classification
Water
Water: Country Information
World Reference Base for Soil Resources 
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Priority Area for Interdisciplinary Action
Combating Desertification
Food for the Cities   (Fact sheet)
Spatial Information Management

Electronic conferences/expert consultations
Extent of Salinization and Strategies ....
World Reference Base for Soil Resources (WRB)
Water for Food and Ecosystems (WFE 2005)
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Glossary
Glossary of Land and Water Terms
Glossary on Integrated Nutrient Management

Links
Land and Water Links

Networks
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