Resources (water)

Recommended reading

• FAO 2021. State of the world’s Land & Water Resources for Food and Agriculture 2021 – Systems at breaking point.
• High-Level Panel of Experts, 2015. Water for Food Security and Nutrition. A report by the HLPE on Food
• Security and Nutrition of the Committee on World Food Security, Rome 2015.
• UNEP-IWMI, 2011. An Ecosystem Services Approach to Water and Food Security. Nairobi and Sri Lanka.
• UNESCO, EU and IWA, 2021. Implementing the Water-Energy-Food-Ecosystems Nexus in Achieving the Sustainable Development Goals.

Working aids

• AWS, 2021. Water stewardship standard Version 2 (Version 3 in 2025). Alliance for Water Stewardship, Scotland. Alliance for Water Stewardship
• FAO Aquastat, Aquacrop, WaPOR
• FAO. Drought portal – Knowledge resources on integrated drought management. Monitoring and early warning system
• IWMI https://waterdata.iwmi.org/ (for maps or rainfed vs irrigated areas)
• IWMI Nexus - The Water, Energy & Food Security Resource Platform
• UNEP and GEF STAP, 2024. A summary of definitions, guidelines and tools on ecosystem-based approaches for watershed management. Scientific and Technical Advisory Panel (STAP) for GEF. UNEP and GEF 2024
• Water Footpring Network. Water Footprint Assessment Tool
• WFP Hunger Map

References

• Boelee E. (Ed), 2013. Managing Water and Agroecosystems for Food Security. Comprehensive Assessment of Water Management in Agriculture Series, 10. CABI, UK and USA.
• Global Commission on the Economics of Water (GCEW), 2024. The economics of water. Valuing the hydrological cycle as a global common good.
• Ringler C. et al., 2022. The role of water in transforming food systems. Global Food Security, Vol.33, June 2022.
• UN-Water 2013. Water Security & the Global Water Agenda. UN-Water Analytical Brief. UNU-INWEH.
• UN-Water 2021. Water: the game changer for food systems.