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New open-access database aims to get water-scarce countries 'more crop per drop' - UN agency

New open-access database aims to get water-scarce countries 'more crop per drop' - UN agency

Aug 25, 2015, at 03:14 pm

New York, Aug 25 (IBNS) At the start of the World Water Week conference in Stockholm, Sweden, the United Nations agriculture agency on Monday announced that it would develop a new open-access data portal that uses satellite imagery to provide insights into more efficient and productive use of agricultural waters - helping water-scarce countries in the Near East and North Africa better manage the resource.