FAO provides techical assistance on Strengthening Agricultural Value Chain through Geospatial Value Chain Analysis (TCP/MYA/3806).  On September 1, 2023, learn about "Crop Type Mapping," exploring remote sensing techniques for accurate land cover and crop identification. Then, on September 6, discover...

The National Centre for Vegetation Cover Development and Combating Desertification (NCVC) of Saudi Arabia recently visited the Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO) to discuss technical collaboration in achieving NCVC's objectives. The study tour mostly...

The Agro-Ecological Zoning (AEZ) methodology, developed by FAO and the International Institute for Ap-plied Systems Analysis (IIASA), is a well-established modelling system for land evaluation to support sus-tainable land-use planning, stimulate agricultural investments, monitor the status of agricultural resources, and...

The FAO Geospatial Unit is actively providing technical assistance to the "Sustainable Land Management in target landscapes of Central Angola (GCP/ANG/055/GFF)" project. This support aims to facilitate the development of historical land cover maps, conduct land degradation assessments, and promote...

FAO, in collaboration with the government and with support from different donors initiated the update of the South Sudan land cover database, making use of FAO Geospatial Unit’s technical know-how, more updated geospatial methodologies and using high resolution satellite images....