Climate action and efficient water use: cycle of technical meetings on irrigation begins
Innovative technified irrigation practices and sustainable strategies for water use in agriculture not only increase productivity and agro-climatic resilience, but also enable a response to soil erosion and degradation in Latin America and the Caribbean.
May 22, 2025 - The Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO), together with the Platform of Latin America and the Caribbean for Climate Action on Agriculture (PLACA), will hold a series of four webinars on technified irrigation and efficient use of water resources between May and July 2025.
Its purpose will be to strengthen technical capacities, share knowledge and foster the basis for integrated public policies to address water scarcity and climate change.
The cycle seeks to consolidate and expand the knowledge generated within the framework of PLACA, through the dissemination of good practices, success stories and lessons learned. In addition, the sessions will contribute to the formulation of policy briefs and summary infographics.
The webinars are aimed at technicians and professionals from the ministries and secretariats of agriculture of Latin American and Caribbean countries and will address topics such as national policies for integrated water resources management (IWRM) and climate change adaptation plans for them, calculation of water stress levels and monitoring of agricultural drought, reuse of wastewater in agriculture and experiences with technified irrigation.
Calendar of sessions:
- May 27th: Integrated water resources management strategies and policies for resilient and sustainable agriculture
- June 3rd: Sensorization, digitization and monitoring of water use applied to irrigation. Implementation experience at different scales.
- June 17th: New technified irrigation technologies for water efficiency in agriculture
- July 1st: Reuse of wastewater for agricultural production. Challenges and opportunities
Those interested in this series of workshops can consult the complete program and access the connection links through PLACA's website: Technified irrigation and efficient water use
About PLACA
PLACA emerged in 2019 in response to the need of the Ministries of Agriculture for a regional mechanism to strengthen institutional capacities related to the effects of climate change on agriculture.
The activities carried out within the framework of the Platform are regional public goods that respond to the needs and requests expressed by its 18 member countries.