At a glance
- Region
- Global
- Coverage
- 200+ countries since 1960
- Access
- Free
- Category
- UN Organization
- Last updated
- 2024
What's inside
- Agricultural Water
- Irrigation
- Country Statistics
What you can do with it
Typical work that data of this type supports.
- 01
Irrigation scheduling
Decide when and how much to irrigate.
Because it has: Agricultural Water
- 02
Water accounting
Track how much water crops actually consume across a command area.
- 03
Crop stress
Spot water stress early in the season.
Where AI adds value
Ideas for machine learning and AI agents built on this kind of data.
- 01
Field-scale ET
Estimate crop water use per field by combining satellite and weather with ML.
- 02
Demand forecasts
Predict irrigation demand weeks ahead for canal and pump planning.
- 03
Irrigated area maps
Classify irrigated and rainfed fields from imagery.
Machine access and documentation
Open API
FAO AQUASTAT bulk download / API
Licence: CC-BY 4.0
Listed in our registry of open water APIs, which WaterDataGPT can query live.
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