Introducing the FAO Hand-in-Hand Geospatial Platform
FAO's open-access Hand in Hand (HIH) Geospatial Platform provides advanced information, including food security indicators and agricultural statistics, for more targeted agriculture interventions. The platform unlocks millions of data layers from different domains and sources to serve as the key enabling tool for FAO's HiH Initiative and serve digital agriculture experts, economists, government and non-government agencies, and other stakeholders working in the food and agriculture sector. The data has been sourced from FAO and other leading public data providers across the UN and NGOs, academia, private sector and space agencies, including key FAO flagship databases such as FAOSTAT data on food and agriculture for over 245 countries and territories from 1961 to the most recent year available. Since the launch of the platform in 2020, over 65 countries and institutions have participated in workshops to learn how leveraging data and technology can contribute to digital agriculture transformation and rural development.
Hand-in-Hand Initiative
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Target the poorest
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Matchmaking
FAO mandate and SGD targets
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Partnerships
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Provide a framework
The Geospatial Platform is the main technical tool enabling the Hand-in-Hand initiative.
Video
Introducing FAO Hand-in-Hand Geospatial Platform: To Build a Better Future For All
30/01/2023
The Hand-in-Hand Geospatial Platform, led by the FAO Agro-informatics team, is the enabling tool for the FAO Hand-in-Hand (HiH) Initiative, an...
Events
Virtual Event
Global Mapping of Irrigation Potential and Needs - IRMA - Online seminar - Thursday, 20 March 2025, 15.00-16:30 (CET)
13/03/2025
In the face of increasing global food demand and climate variability, effective and efficient water management for agriculture is becoming crucial....
Virtual Event
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
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...