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

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UN News Centre

Publication Date
2015-08-24

24 August 2015 – At the start of the World Water Week conference in Stockholm, Sweden, the United Nations agriculture agency today 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.

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