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QGIS WaPOR

Optimize water management with QGIS and WaPOR data. Discover how to analyze water productivity, process satellite imagery, and apply spatial models to gain valuable insights. In this one-on-one course, you’ll work through online modules and hands-on sessions to master immediately applicable analysis techniques and work independently with QGIS and WaPOR data.

Introduction to QGIS WaPOR

WaPOR (Water Productivity Open-access Portal) from the Food and Agriculture Organization (FAO) provides satellite data on water use in agriculture. This is essential in areas with water scarcity. The data helps identify water losses, determine crop water requirements, and optimize irrigation.

QGIS is a free, open-source GIS program that allows you to visualize and analyze WaPOR data. This helps monitor drought stress, improve irrigation strategies, and increase agricultural production. By combining WaPOR and QGIS, farmers, researchers, and policymakers gain a powerful tool to use water more efficiently and implement sustainable agricultural practices.

What will you learn in the Blended Learning course?

In this course, you will learn to use WaPOR data in QGIS to analyze water productivity and spatial trends in agriculture. You will gain insight into the structure of the WaPOR database, including variables such as evaporation, transpiration, and crop production.

You will learn how to retrieve, download, and analyze WaPOR data via the FAO portal and how to visualize and edit it in QGIS. Additionally, you will learn to interpret variables to assess water use, crop growth, and irrigation efficiency.

You will also perform spatial analyses in QGIS and Python (Jupyter Notebooks). You will analyze time series to identify and predict trends in water use and agricultural productivity.

Upon completion, you will be able to work independently with WaPOR to improve water management, monitor drought stress, and implement more sustainable land use. This course is ideal for anyone involved in water management, remote sensing, and geospatial data analysis.

Why this 1-on-1 QGIS WaPOR course?

Blended learning combines self-paced online learning with practical, interactive sessions, allowing you to gain both theoretical knowledge and hands-on experience with WaPOR and QGIS for water management and agricultural optimization. The online modules offer the flexibility to study at your own pace and include interactive lessons on spatial analysis, water productivity, and crop monitoring. You’ll learn to retrieve, edit, and analyze WaPOR data in QGIS and Python, and discover how to use geospatial data to improve irrigation management and optimize sustainable land use.

During the hands-on online sessions, you’ll immediately apply the knowledge you’ve gained. You’ll work with real satellite data and receive guidance from experienced specialists. You’ll learn to visualize water use and crop growth, optimize irrigation strategies, and identify spatial trends to make better-informed decisions.

Through the combination of flexible online learning and interactive hands-on experience, you will not only develop technical skills in WaPOR and QGIS, but also learn how to apply these tools in water management, agricultural monitoring, and spatial analysis. Upon completion of the course, you will be able to use advanced geospatial data to work more efficiently and sustainably within your field.

Enroll

€395,- (VAT included)
  • Start: 2-hour online session
  • Self-study: Review course materials
  • End: 1-hour online session
Register for this course

You’ll receive 1-on-1 guidance. After signing up, our course coordinator will contact you to schedule your first session.

Leerdoelen

After completing this course, you will be able to:

  • Analyze WaPOR data using QGIS to visualize water use and crop productivity and identify spatial trends.
  • Perform geospatial analyses using QGIS tools, such as processing evaporation trends, irrigation data, and biomass yields.
  • Apply Python (Jupyter Notebooks) for data analysis to process WaPOR data, analyze time series, and develop statistical models.
  • Develop spatial models for water management and agriculture by combining WaPOR data with other geospatial layers, such as soil moisture maps and parcel boundaries.

Want to know more?

Do you have questions about the course content? Or are you unsure whether the course aligns with your learning goals or preferences? Would you prefer an in-house or private course? We’d be happy to help.

Frequently Asked Questions About Courses

After the course, you’ll have another two weeks to ask the instructor questions. Since the instructor is already teaching other courses, it’s best to email your questions to info@geo-ict.nl. Your question will be forwarded to the instructor, and you’ll receive a response within 24 hours.

If you’re a bit further along and encounter practical problems you can’t solve on your own, it’s best to use Online Support. You’ll spend one day online with the instructor and receive personalized one-on-one instruction. All your problems will be resolved, and you’ll have made significant progress.

  • Blended learning, also known as hybrid learning, is an educational method that combines traditional face-to-face classes with online learning materials and interactive sessions. This approach offers students flexibility and control over aspects such as the time, place, and pace of learning, while allowing them to benefit from direct interaction with instructors and fellow students. ​
  • At the Geo-ICT Training Center in the Netherlands, blended learning is implemented by having students study largely independently, supplemented by scheduled interactive sessions with an instructor. During these sessions, students can ask questions and discuss complex topics, which fosters a deeper understanding of the course material. All Blended Learning courses begin with a 2-hour online session. The instructor delivers presentations and assigns various exercises and assignments to the student. The student can then work on these independently. After a few weeks, another one-hour online session follows.

If you run into problems in practice that you can’t solve on your own, you have two options: you can sign up for a beginner or advanced course, or you can sign up for Online Support.

You’ll spend a day online with an instructor and receive personalized one-on-one instruction. All your problems will be resolved, and you’ll have made significant progress.

 

All courses are taught in person. Course hours are from 9:00 AM to 4:00 PM. Coffee, tea, lunch, and a laptop are provided.

Taking a course online is also possible, but we only offer hybrid courses in exceptional cases. If you wish to participate in a course online, please indicate this during registration—select “Online” as the location. If that is not possible, this course will only be offered on-site in Apeldoorn.

Yes, we do this regularly. Our instructor will come to your location and bring laptops for the participants. All you need to do is arrange a classroom at your location.

Please email your requirements to info@geo-ict.nl, and we will send you a quote. Once you’ve confirmed the order, our course coordinator will contact you to schedule the training days.

After each course, participants receive a link to our evaluation portal. There, you can share your feedback on what you liked and didn’t like about the course. We always do our very best, but of course, there may be times when you have a complaint. Click on “Complaints Procedure.” It explains what steps you can take. Geo-ICT Training Center, Netherlands is a member of the Dutch Council for Training and Education (NRTO).

After the course, we will email you a link to our evaluation portal. There, you can log in and fill out an evaluation form, and you can also download your certificate of participation.

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