Progress report for
Global monitoring of actual evapotranspiration, biomass production and water productivity through Remote Sensing
Achievement at a glance
• Global extension of the dataset at 300m and 100m for Africa and the Near-East• Nile Delta fully available at 20m
• New WaPOR portal
• WaPOR recognized as a Digital Public Good in 2021, awarded the Dakar label in 2022 (9th World Water Forum) and GEO SDG award in 2023
• Open Course Developed with IHE Delft on water productivity, water accounting and WaPOR concepts and validation, as well as a MOOC on dimensions of water productivity
Challenges faced in implementation
Political instabilities in some beneficiaries countriesNext Steps
Apps and tools using WaPOR data developed in 13 countries and at global level (all open source freely accessible from the WaPOR catalog: https://www.fao.org/in-action/wapor-uses-applications-catalogue/en/%3f)Beneficiaries
Algeria, Colombia, Egypt, Ethiopia, Iraq, Jordan, Mali, Mozambique, Kenya, Pakistan, Palestine, Sudan, Tunisia