All on board! “Travel Around the World with Digital FAO and Agro-Informatics” Next Stop: Zewail City of Science, Technology and Innovation

25/06/2025

Join the new virtual workshop series: “Travel Around the World with Digital FAO and Agro-Informatics.” Designed as a global tour, each stop will highlight how students and universities are engaging with FAO’s cutting-edge tools to explore the use of data and technology in agriculture-related research.

All on board! “Travel Around the World with Digital FAO and Agro-Informatics” First Stop: University of Nairobi

Virtual Event, 29/04/2025

Join us at the new virtual workshop series: “Travel Around the World with Digital FAO and Agro-Informatics.” Designed as a global tour, each stop will highlight how students and universities are engaging with FAO’s cutting-edge tools to explore the use of data and technology in agriculture-related research.

Agro-informatics Tech Talk on Agricultural Big Data Mining Laboratory (MARA), Friday, 11 April, 09:30 – 10:30 CEST

Virtual Event, 11/04/2025

Join us on Friday, 11 April at 09:30 CEST for another session of FAO Agro-informatics TechTalks on “Agricultural Big Data Mining Laboratory (MARA)” by Prof. Yunpeng Cui, Director of MARA. The MARA team applies high-performance comp...

Global Mapping of Irrigation Potential and Needs - IRMA - Online seminar - Thursday, 20 March 2025, 15.00-16:30 (CET)

Virtual Event, 20/03/2025

In the face of increasing global food demand and climate variability, effective and efficient water management for agriculture is becoming crucial. Irrigation plays a vital role in ensuring food security, supporting livelihoods, and enabling sustainable development, particularly in regions where rainfall is insufficient or unpredictable. However, irrigation expansion is limited by the decreasin...

Agro-informatics Tech Talk on The Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers (IEEE) DataPort: Driving Research and Innovation, Friday, 14 March, 15:00 – 16:00 CET

Virtual Event, 14/03/2025

Join us on Friday, 14 March at 15:00 CET for another session of FAO Agro-informatics TechTalks on “The Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers (IEEE) DataPort: Driving Research and Innovation” by Dr. Rakesh Kumar, Chair, IEEE DataPort and Chair, IEEE Future Directions and Melissa Handa, Program Director, Technical Activities. 

Agro-informatics Tech Talk on Global Agricultural Land Use Mapping, Friday, 29 November, 10:00 – 11:00 CET

Virtual Event, 29/11/2024

Join us on Friday, 29 November, at 10:00 CET for another session of FAO CSI Agro-informatics TechTalks on the “Global Agricultural Land Use Mapping” by Dr. Le Yu, Associate Professor, Department of Earth System Science, Tsinghua University. 

Celebrating GIS Day 2024: Leveraging GIS for a Sustainable Future

20/11/2024

Explore how FAO is using Geographic Information Systems (GIS) to address global challenges in agriculture, environmental conservation, and beyond. For GIS Day 2024, FAO highlights new initiatives, including advanced Google Earth Engine and QGIS training, updates to the GAUL dataset, and the new Essential Remote Sensing Data Portal to be launched in 2025. Discover how these digital initiative...

Agro-informatics Tech Talk on ‘Status and Update of WorldCereal’, Friday, 20 September, 15:00 – 16:00 CEST

Virtual Event, 20/09/2024

Join us on Friday, 20 September at 15.00 CEST for a virtual presentation on the “Status and Update of WorldCereal” by Kristof Van Tricht, Senior R&D Professional, VITO Remote Sensing.

Agro-informatics Tech Talks ‘Geospatial data for cropland and environmental statistics in FAO’

Virtual Event, 09/07/2024

‘Geospatial data for cropland and environmental statistics in FAO’ on Tuesday 9 July at 10:00 – 11:00 CEST.

Agro-informatics Tech Talks ‘Early Season Crop Type Mapping: An Essential Product for Parcel Level Crop Monitoring. Followed by an update on the most recent progress on FAO - Google Memorandum of Understanding (MoU)’

Virtual Event, 28/06/2024

Join us on Friday, June 28, at 15:00 CEST for a virtual presentation on the “Early Season Crop Type Mapping: An Essential Product for Parcel Level Crop Monitoring” by Dr. Martin Claverie

Agro-informatics Tech Talks ‘Synergy of multi-source satellite observations for crop stress monitoring under global climate change’

Virtual Event, 07/06/2024

Date: 07/06/2024
Time: 14:00-15:00 CEST

FAO at WSIS +20 High-Level Event 2024: ‘Process for Progress- Reflecting and Building on 20 years of digital journey’

Hybrid Event, 30/05/2024

The WSIS+20 Forum High-Level Event is scheduled to be held from 27 to 31 May 2024. FAO is organizing a session on Thursday 30th May 2024, 11:00-11:45 CEST on ‘The Future of Digital Agriculture: Process for Progress- Reflecting and Building on WSIS 20 years’ journey’.

Agro-informatics TechTalk ‘Sensing and Data Analytics for Precision Agriculture: Challenges and Opportunities’ on Friday 12 April at 14:00 – 15:00 CEST

Virtual Event, 12/04/2024

On Friday 12 April at 14:00 CEST, Dr. Rabi N. Sahoo, Principal Scientist at the Indian Agricultural Research Institute (IARI) with over 24 years of experience in Remote Sensing and its applications in Agriculture, will discuss challenges and opportunities of remote sensing and data analytics for precision agriculture.

Educating with Immersive Technology in Food and Agriculture – an International Training Centre of the ILO & FAO Webinar

Virtual Event, 08/02/2024

This webinar aims to explore the potential of immersive technology, encompassing Virtual Reality (VR), Augmented Reality (AR), and Mixed Reality (MR), to revolutionize education and advisory services in the agrifood sector.

Join the ESA EO4Health User Forum 2024

Virtual Event, 15/01/2024 - 16/01/2024

The European Space Agency, in the context of EO Science for Society, is organizing the EO4Health User Forum to be held virtually on 15-16th January 2024, with FAO participating in sessions related to Global Health, EO applications on vector borne and non communicable diseases, as well as on capacity building and digital platforms.

International Webinar on Earth Observations for Agricultural Statistics (EO-STAT)

Virtual Event, 18/12/2023

On Monday, 18th December, from 12:00 to 16:00 (Rome Time), join the UN Regional Hub for Africa on Data Science and Big Data for their upcoming "International Webinar on Earth Observations for Agricultural Statistics (EO-STAT): EO Data Cubes, Smart Classification Algorithms,...

Crop Calendar Launch Event

Hybrid Event, 22/11/2023

Crop Calendar Launch Event

22 November 2023 | 13:15 – 14:30 CET 

Sheikh Zayed Centre 

In occasion of the Tenth Session of the International Plant Treaty Governing Body, taking place in Rome from 20th to 24th November 2023, the Food and ...

FAO ‘AI and Digital Tools for Climate Resilient AgriFood Systems’ on the spotlight at the Science and Innovation Forum 2023

Hybrid Event, 19/10/2023

The global agricultural sector is facing unprecedented challenges due to the adverse effects of climate change. Erratic weather patterns, shif...

Hybrid event to mark the International Day of Awareness of Food Loss and Waste (IDAFLW)

Rome (Italy), Hybrid Event, 29/09/2023

The event will see a call to action to reduce food loss and waste toward transforming agrifood systems.

International Conference on Food Security

Samarkand (Uzbekistan), Hybrid Event, 07/09/2023 - 08/09/2023

On September 7-8, 2023 the Government of the Republic of Uzbekistan - with the technical support of FAO - will host the International Conference on Food Security as a global multilateral platform to achieve the Sustainable Development Goals in the field of food security.

The International Conference on Food Security will review the state of food security...