Adopting standards for field data collection and data sharing enables communities to generate reliable data to support food security efforts. During the 44^th Symposium of the European Association of Remote Sensing Laboratories (EARSeL), the Food and Agriculture Organization of...

As of April 2025, more than 80 percent of the Gaza Strip’s total cropland area has been damaged (12,537 hectares out of 15,053) and 77.8 percent is not accessible to farmers, leaving just 688 hectares (4.6 percent) available for cultivation....

Geospatial technologies play a crucial role in supporting the mandate of the Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO) to achieve food security, sustainable agriculture, and natural resource management. By integrating satellite imagery, spatial analysis, and ground-based data, FAO provides evidence-based insights for land...

Food production is shaped by geography—land, water, and climate determine where, how and what food we grow. Since its earliest days, the Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations has recognized the power of spatial data to monitor these...

The Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO) and the International Institute for Applied Systems Analysis (IIASA) have cooperated over several decades to develop and implement the Agro-Ecological Zones (AEZ) modelling framework and databases. AEZ relies on well-established...