Bringing together government representatives, national digital agriculture focal points and FAO experts, the East Africa Regional Digital Innovation Workshop for Agrifood Systems Transformation marked an important step toward strengthening coordinated digital efforts across the subregion. This workshop created a platform for participating countries to exchange experiences, assess progress and identify shared priorities that will guide regional collaboration on new digital solutions for agrifood systems transformation.

New “Geospatial Planning for Territorial Development”  course available in Spanish on FAO Campus

From 3 to 7 November 2025, FAO organized a virtual capacity-building workshop for the Country Office in Mauritania covering use of the Agro-informatics Platform, a core tool for managing, publishing and sharing agricultural and geospatial data.  

Join FAO 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 around the world are engaging with FAO’s cutting-edge digital tools to explore the use of data and technology in agriculture-related research.

As part of this year’s World Food Forum (WFF) flagship event in October, at FAO headquarters in Rome, students from eight Italian high schools took on the challenge of designing digital solutions to support farmers around the world. The activity under the theme “Youth Empowerment through Agro-informatics and Digital Technologies in Agriculture”, took place within the WFF Discovery Stations of the CultivatED schools programme.

Throughout the World Food Forum (WFF) week, technology’s central role in connecting people, data, and ideas, turning information into action, was showcased through different FAO initiatives. 

On 18 September 2025, FAO organized a virtual workshop to strengthen national capacity in the use of the FAO Agro-Informatics Platform with FAO Oman.

The Livestock Sector Investment and Policy Toolkit (LSIPT) Web Application is a sophisticated yet user-friendly digital platform is designed to move decision-making into the realm of data-driven strategy.

FAO has just released new geospatial datasets to support rural development and agricultural transformation in Cameroon.

Join us for our virtual workshop series, “Travel Around the World with Digital FAO and Agro-Informatics,” designed to connect FAO with universities globally and showcase how the use of our digital tools and capabilities is transforming research for our agrifood systems.

FAO has officially launched the new FAO Data Visualization Catalogue.  This catalogue of interactive dashboards and data visualizations serves as a central hub for accessing insights, supporting evidence-based decision-making, and enhancing global data transparency. Explore the collection to discover how FAO leverages technology to drive informed policy and action.

Join FAO 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 around the world are engaging with FAO’s cutting-edge digital tools to explore the use of data and technology in agriculture-related research.

The FAO Agro-informatics Platform (AIP) is now available through a new link!

As a digital public good, the platform brings together data, geospatial insights, knowledge, and advanced tools such as Artificial Intelligence (AI) and Machine Learning (ML).

25–26 August 2025 — The Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO), in collaboration with its Ethiopia office, conducted a two-day virtual workshop to strengthen national capacity in agricultural data management and analysis using the FAO Agro-Informatics Platform (AIP). The training brought together participants from FAO Ethiopia office and from Ethiopian government institutions, to enhance skills and knowledge for evidence-based agricultural planning. 

Join FAO 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 around the world are engaging with FAO’s cutting-edge tools to explore the use of data and technology in agriculture-related research. Our next stop on this global journey is Cornell University, taking place on 10 September 2025 at 15:00 CEST.

In the face of growing global health challenges, particularly those arising from the complex interactions between humans, animals, and the environment, information and communication technology (ICT) is a powerful enabler of the One Health approach, seamlessly connecting data across human, animal, plant, and environmental health sectors.

In 2025, the Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO) reached another milestone that reflects its growing leadership in digital development: ten FAO-built tools and platforms have now been officially certified as Digital Public Goods (DPGs) by the

Designed to empower anticipatory action, rapid-response financing, and potentially, insurance payouts, to mitigate the impact of acute food insecurity, the FAO Risk Monitor platform combines live data, expert analysis, and automated alerts

On 24 and 25 July 2025, FAO hosted the Second Expert Consultation on the Global Mapping of Irrigation Potential and Needs (IRMA) in Rome, with participation from international experts, research institutions, and country representatives.

From 16 to 19 June, FAO conducted a capacity-building workshop in Libreville, Gabon, focused on the use of geospatial data tools to support better planning of priority agricultural investments.