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...

The new Global Agro-Ecological Zoning (GAEZ) Version 5 will be launched on 14 April 2025, marking a significant milestone that will form part of the 80th Anniversary of the Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO). GAEZ is...

Many of the new satellites currently in Earth’s orbit are equipped to provide revolutionary tools and data to improve global food security and strengthen agrifood systems. A new report from the Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO)...