The FAO’s Land and Water Division, together with the Fisheries and Aquaculture Division, is launching a joint prize category on "Integrated Water Resources Management (IWRM) for food security". The prize category aims to advance youth-led innovations that promote inclusive and integrated water management and governance for farming and fishing communities and foster...

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 vital resources and fulfill its mandate. FAO’s journey with geospatial...

The Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO) and the International Institute for Applied Systems Analysis (IIASA) signed a new Memorandum of Understanding during the launch of Global Agro-Ecological Zoning Version 5, which took place on 14 April 2025. The partnership combines the strengths of both organizations...