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GrapeLook: a new operational project in South Africa
www.GrapeLook.co.za is a new website that assists farmers and governmental authorities with the daily management of scarce irrigation water resources and nitrogen applications in the Western Cape. GrapeLook is based on satellite...
Mapping of global water productivity for the FAO
Wim Bastiaanssen has recently finished a project for the U.N. Food and Agricultural Organization, based in Rome, in which the water productivity for three major staple crops is mapped on a global scale.
WaterWatch quantifies ground water abstraction in the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia
WaterWatch will assist the Ministry of Water and Electricity of the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia in quantifying the groundwater abstraction caused by irrigation. This quantification benefits the UNDP project for the development of an...
Water accounting in the Okavango delta
The FAO is currently executing the project "Coping with water scarcity - The role of agriculture" which includes the development of a general methodology for a Water Audit to be applied on country or river basin level in Africa....
Assessment of irrigation performance in Mali
The performance of the Office du Niger irrigation system was assessed based on different satellite derived indicators. Using satellite data, weak performing spots in the system could be identified allowing measures to be taken to...