The Upper Chongwe River Catchment has recently been overexploited for water resources with increased complaints by various water users about the deteriorating quality of surface water within the sub-catchment. This study was motivated by the need to investigate and understand the response of surface water quality to land use land cover (LULC) change due to urbanization. Water samples, collected at 9 sampling sites from 2006 to 2017, were analyzed for water quality using the weighted arithmetic water quality index and trend using the Mann-Kendall statistics. LULC change is detected and analyzed in ERDAS Imagine 2014 and ArcGIS 10.4 using 2006 Landsat 5 TM and 2017 Landsat 8 OLI imageries. The relationship between LULC change and water quality was performed with multiple regression analysis and Pearson correlation. The results reveal that Built-up area, Grassland and surface water increased by 5.48%, 13.34% and 0.03% respectively while Agricultural land and Forest Land decreased by −13
FAO conducts training for farmers in Mafraq
By JT - Mar 11,2021 - Last updated at Mar 11,2021
The Food and Agriculture Organisation team on Wednesday met with the Water User Association in Al Ghadeer Al Abyad Dam area in Mafraq Governorate to conduct training courses (Photo courtesy of FAO)
AMMAN The Food and Agriculture Organisation (FAO) team on Wednesday met with the Water User Association in Al Ghadeer Al Abyad Dam area in Mafraq Governorate to conduct training courses through the Farmer Field School FFS approach.
This activity will build upon FAO’s previous activities of the Swiss-funded project in Mafraq. The project adopted a three-pronged community-based approach, combining the use of rainwater harvesting, conjunctive use of ground and surface water, and solar power for lifting irrigation water, according to a FAO statement.