The Ex-Ante Carbon-balance Tool (EX-ACT), an appraisal system developed by FAO, provides ex-ante estimates of the impact of agriculture and forestry development projects, programmes and policies on the carbon-balance. The carbon-balance is defined as the net balance from all greenhouse...

ASIS (Agriculture Stress Index System) monitors vegetation indices across global crop areas during the growth season and can detect hotspots all over the world where crops may be affected by drought.

Drought is the world’s most destructive natural hazard and has...