Agriculture
Globally, the agricultural sector consumes about 70% of the planet’s accessible freshwater. Because water is vital for the success of agriculture, proper water management techniques are necessary to meet food and fiber material demands around the world. Resources available here pay special attention to efficient irrigation and sustainable agriculture techniques.
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Agriculture Resources
Soil and Water Assessment Tool
U.S. Department of Agriculture
The Soil and Water Assessment Tool (SWAT) is a public domain model jointly developed by USDA Agricultural Research Service (USDA-ARS) and Texas A&M AgriLife Research, part of The Texas A&M University System. SWAT is a small watershed to river basin-scale model to simulate the quality and...Read more
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GlobalAgricultural Non-Point Source Pollution Model
U.S. Department of Agriculture
AGNPS is a tool for use in evaluating the effect of management decisions impacting water, sediment and chemical loadings within a watershed system.
The term "AGNPS" now refers to the system of modeling components instead of the single event AGNPS, which was discontinued in the mid-1990...Read more
AgroClimate - Tools for Managing Climate Risk in Agriculture
U.S. Department of Agriculture
AgroClimate is an innovative web resource for decision support and learning covering the southeastern United States. The website provides interactive tools and climate information to improve crop management decisions and reduce production risks associated with climate variability, climate change,...Read more
Global Satellite Soil Moisture
National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration
This is a NESDIS operational satellite derived soil moisture product that combines measurements from several different satellites. There are several ways to view the data, including daily animations. This link gets you to the basic page.Read more
Conserving water during irrigation
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August 24, 2012Overseas Private Investment Corporation
Wade Rain is using OPIC political risk insurance to support its operations in Mexico, a country with a dry climate that sources all water from ground wells. Wade Rain's Mexican subsidiary sells irrigation equipment - most of it manufactured in the U.S. - to small farms in central Mexico and...Read more
Delivering Water and Food Security for the Bottom of the Pyramid
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February 4, 2015This webinar explores how the collaboration between various organizations can result in providing efficient irrigation systems to small holder farmers while improving livelihoods and building food security.Read more
Exploring Shared Value with FSG
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October 20, 2014The Coca-Cola Company
The U.S. Water Partnership and FSG Inc., with support from The Coca-Cola Company and Jain Irrigation, convened a webinar focused on shared value and feature case study examples from The Coca-Cola Company and Jain Irrigation.Read more
March 2014 USWP/CWC Joint Webinar
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April 1, 2014Columbia Water Center at the Earth Institute, Columbia University
Joint US Water Partnership and Columbia Water Center WebinarRead more
AquaCrop-OS
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August 1, 2016Robert B. Daugherty Water for Food Institute at the University of Nebraska
This free software tool, developed by the Water for Food Global Institute and worldwide partners, is an extension of FAO’s AquaCrop model enabling scientists and practitioners to explore the economic, social, and environmental implications of agricultural water use.Read more
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