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

From 14 to 18 July 2025, a national technical training and consultation workshop on the 

As the digital transformation journey continues across FAO, 2024 marked another year of progress. Through expanded digital tools and capabilities, stronger data systems, and an increasingly agile and collaborative workplace, the Organization has continued to harness digital technologies to improve how it works and delivers results worldwide. 

2024 was marked by significant progress and achievements as FAO has continued to drive digitalization and enhance digital capabilities for programme delivery and beyond. In 2024, FAO emphasized the importance of fostering a strong digital mindset and improving the use of the FAO Digital Workplace—paving the way for a more modern, efficient, and effective Organization.

FAO Food Loss App (FLAPP) has been selected as one of the top 20 projects competing for the prestigious WSIS Prizes 2025 under Action Line C7. This recognition highlights FAO and FLAPP's innovative approach to reducing food losses and promoting sustainability in agriculture.

FAO has released an updated version of the Global Administrative Unit Layers (GAUL) dataset al level 1 and 2, as part of its ongoing efforts to strengthen the geospatial foundation of global food and agriculture systems. With the launch of the FAO Agro-Informatics Platform (AIP)—a centralized hub unlocking millions of geospatial data layers across domains including food security, agricultural production, and natural resources—GAUL has been revitalized to once again serve as a key dataset in FAO’s spatial data ecosystem.

From 11 to 29 November 2024, FAO delivered a comprehensive Geographic Information System (GIS) training program to boost the technical skills of FAO Ukraine personnel, with focus on improving their project reporting practices. The training targeted project managers, researchers, and professionals involved in project reporting who needed to create and publish maps, regardless of prior GIS experience.

Mauritania, December 2024 – The FAO has initiated a major project to modernize hydro-agricultural development in the Senegal River Valley and foster resilience to climate change through a comprehensive strategy. The inception workshop, held in Boghé, formally launched the project “Technical support to the National Society for Rural Development for the updating of the master plan for hydro-agricultural developments in the Senegal River Valley in Mauritania and the development of a climate investment plan” (TCP/MAU/4001). 

A recent upgrade of the Agricultural Market Information System (AMIS) website marks a pivotal step to ensure that global agricultural stakeholders continue having access to vital market intelligence. The new site provides improved functionalities and flexibility, with a greater focus being placed on data and the timeliness of information. 

The SoilFER Geospatial Platform was officially launched on December 5th at UNCCD COP16. This open-access platform offers comprehensive geographic information on the suitability of opportunity crops identified by the Vision for Adapted Crops and Soils (VACS).

FAO Director-General QU Dongyu, today addressed global experts at the UN Digital and Technology Network Meeting, emphasizing the crucial role of digital transformation in tackling the world’s most pressing challenges, including food insecurity and the achievement of the Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs).

FAOLEX has now been added to the DPG Registry, bringing our total number of certified FAO DPGs to eight. 

It is never too late to recognize that 2023 was another high-paced and rewarding year ‒ the FAO Year of Excellence!

Digital technology is at the nexus of multiple SDGs, including the eradication of poverty, climate action and environmental protection, ending hunger, and improving nutriti...

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’.

The Agricultural Stress Index System (ASIS) has been recently added to the DPG Registry. ASIS is an innovative tool developed by FAO to monitor agricultural drought across the globe. Updating its data every 10 days, ASIS utilizes satellite technology to pinpoint regions at high risk of water stress and drought. 

Over the last years, FAO has been developing and implementing digital inclusion initiatives, scaling up innovative digital technologies for development and targeted interventions worldwide. The FAO Digital Services Portfolio (DSP) and the FAO Hand-in-Hand (HIH) Geospatial Platform (GP) are at the forefront of this effort.

FAO has launched the regional AgriTech Observatory for review, a virtual platform dedicated to the advancement of digital agriculture in Europe and Central Asia. 

Imagery is one of the most important and useful geospatial data layers available today. However, it is still one of the most difficult to deploy effectively over the myriad of computing platforms available to geographic information system (GIS) users. Under the umbrella of its Agro-informatics work, FAO is launching a new series of interactive trainings on “Introduction to Google Earth Engine (GEE) for remote sensing analysis”.

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.