WaPOR (Water Productivity through Open access of Remotely sensed derived data)
- Creators
- Food and Agriculture Organization
Description
WaPOR (Water Productivity through Open access of Remotely sensed derived data) is a portal by the Food and Agriculture Organization (FAO) that helps countries monitor water productivity using satellite data. In agriculture it helps identify areas where improved practices are needed, can inform the choice of solutions to boost agricultural output, and supports sustainable farming. The portal provides timely information that can help farmers increase yields, aids irrigation authorities in updating their systems, and enables government agencies to promote efficient use of natural resources. Further development of the portal and its underlying database, as well as capacity building on the use of the data is coordinated through the WaPOR project.
The WaPOR database is freely accessible and fully open. Users can easily consult the data in the portal, examine trends over time, compare layers, get area-specific statistics, and download important variables enabling water and land productivity assessments.
WaPOR data serves different purposes in various scenarios, such as:
- Assessing/monitoring agricultural production
- Providing advisory services to farmers
- Monitoring irrigation and supporting its improvement
- Identifying yield and productivity gaps and supporting solutions to reduce them
- Water accounting
The WaPOR database provides the following data layers:
- Evapotranspiration
- Land Cover Classification
- Net Primary Production
- Precipitation
- Phenology
- Quality layers
- Reference evapotranspiration
- Relative soil moisture
- Total Biomass Production
- Water Productivity
WaPOR data is offered in three levels, each suited for specific uses with different resolutions:
- global level with 300 m resolution that covers the entire globe;
- continental and national level with 100 m resolution that covers Northern and sub-Saharan Africa and the Near East (roughly a square of -30W, -40S, 65E, 40N);
- irrigation scheme and sub-basin level with 20 m resolution (please see the portal to explore these particular areas)
On the WaPOR portal, WaPOR version 3 data can be found alongside other data from various sources:
- WaPOR version 2 data
- a multitude of base layers that can help contextualize the data
- datasets external to FAO (WorldCereal – ESA, Global Surface Water, Resource Watch, quantitative maps of groundwater resources in Africa)
- the AQUAMAPS database on water and agriculture
- all FAO spatial datasets
- possibility to add own data.
Explore detailed information about WaPOR, including related publications, key documents, video materials, webinars, recorded events, demos, tutorials, and other resources such as courses, map stories, and the WaPOR Applications and Uses Catalogue.
To learn more about the WaPOR project, visit the provided link WaPOR, Remote sensing for water productivity
🗣️ The WaPOR portal is available in English, Spanish, French. So is the project website, complete with Arabic.