The Key Indicators Mapping System (KIMS) was developed by the World Agriculture Information Centre (WAICENT) for the Food Insecurity and Vulnerability Information and Mapping Systems (FIVIMS) project. KIMS is user-friendly software, accessible to non-GIS specialists and developed for the specific purpose of collecting, mapping and disseminating food insecurity and vulnerability... [read more]

The Land Degradation Assessment in drylands project (LADA) develops tools and methods to assess and quantify the nature, extent, severity and impacts of land degradation on dryland ecosystems, watersheds and river basins, carbon storage and biological diversity at a range of spatial and temporal scales. It also builds the national,... [read more]

The Laws and Regulations on Plant Genetic Resources for Food and Agriculture and Seeds database contains legal information pertaining to plant genetic resources for food and agriculture and seeds and can be searched by country, region or keywords.

The Locust Group operates a global early warning system to avoid plagues through the daily monitoring of weather, environmental conditions and the locust situation in affected countries in Africa, the Near East and Southwest Asia.

This website provides information on the three locust pests in CCA - the Italian Locust, the Moroccan Locust and the Migratory Locust, their current situations and management. It presents responses at national and regional levels, latest methods and techniques for survey and control and updates on ongoing activities. As such,... [read more]