Use of remote sensing to estimate quantities of groundwater used for irrigation: Training manual
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Training material | E/ESCWA/CL1.CCS/2024/Manual.5 | February 2025
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- Zakat
War on Gaza 2023: an unprecedented and devastating impact
Publication
Policy briefs | E/ESCWA/CL6.GCP/2023/Policy brief.1 | October 2023
Nowcasting the national multidimensional poverty index for the State of Palestine (2017–2022)
Publication
Information material | E/ESCWA/CL3.SEP/2022/TP.22 | June 2023
Assessing the impacts of changing water availability on agricultural production in selected Arab countries
Publication
Information material | E/ESCWA/SDPD/2019/CP.0 | December 2019
Climate Resilient Agriculture: Translating Data to Policy Actions
Publication
Information material | E/ESCWA/SDPD/2019/CP | January 2019
Identifying the legislative gaps that need to be filled for the application of Security Council Resolution 1325 (2000) on women, peace and security in selected Arab states
Publication
Reports & studies | E/ESCWA/ECW/2015/Technical Paper.8 | January 2015