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Digital Village Ecosystem Assessment Tool
01/01/2023

The digital village ecosystem assessment tool provides the baseline information on the village across multiple actors from users, technology developers, service providers, local leaders, and other enablers.

Tool for Agroecology Performance Evaluation (TAPE)
01/01/2023

TAPE is a comprehensive tool that aims to measure the multi-dimensional performance of agroecological systems across the different dimensions of sustainability. It applies a stepwise approach at the household/farm level but it also collects information and provides results at a community and territorial scale.

Food Price Monitoring and Analysis
01/01/2023

This web site contains latest information and analysis on domestic prices of basic foods mainly in developing countries, complementing FAO analysis on international markets. It provides early warning on high food prices at country level that may negatively affect food security. All data used in the analysis can be found in the FPMA Tool.

Bioenergy and Food Security (BEFS) Approach and Assessment
01/01/2023

The Bioenergy and Food Security Approach has been developed by FAO to support countries in designing and implementing sustainable bioenergy policies and strategies. The approach promotes food and energy security and contributes to agricultural and rural development.

AGORA - Research in Agriculture
01/01/2023

The AGORA programme, set up by the Food and Agriculture Organization of the UN (FAO) together with major publishers, enables developing countries to gain access to an outstanding digital library collection in the fields of food, agriculture, environmental science and related social sciences. AGORA provides a collection of up to 15,500 key journals and up to 48,000 books in more than 115 countries.

Global Alliance on Climate-Smart Agriculture (GACSA)
01/01/2023

GACSA is an inclusive, voluntary and action-oriented multi-stakeholder platform on Climate-Smart Agriculture (CSA). GACSA works to improve farmers’ agricultural productivity and incomes in a sustainable way; build farmers’ resilience to extreme weather and changing climate; reduce greenhouse gas emissions associated with agriculture, when possible.

FAOSTAT
01/01/2023

FAOSTAT provides free access to food and agriculture statistics (including crop, livestock, and forestry sub-sectors) for over 245 countries and territories and covers all FAO regional groupings from 1961 to the most recent year available.

Collaborative Partnership on Forests
01/01/2023

The Collaborative Partnership on Forests (CPF) is an informal, voluntary arrangement among 16 international organizations and secretariats with substantial programmes on forests. These agencies share their experiences and build on them to produce new benefits for their respective constituencies.

Empres-i: Global Animal Disease Information System
01/01/2023

EMPRES Global Animal Disease Information System (EMPRES-i) is a web-based application that has been designed by FAO’s Emergency Prevention System (EMPRES) to support veterinary services by facilitating the organization and access to national, regional and global level disease data and information.

FAO Digital Services Portfolio
01/01/2023

The FAO Digital Services Portfolio is a cloud based platform designed to disseminate information in the food and agriculture sectors and scale up agricultural services for smallholders farmers, fostering digital inclusion. It aims at making useful data, information and statistics available and accessible to rural communities...

SDG Indicators Data Portal
01/01/2023

FAO’s SDG Indicators Data Portal offers a one-stop shop with official statistics, interactive data visualizations, methodological documents, capacity development initiatives, FAO focal points and key flagship publications.

Food Systems Dashboard
01/01/2023

The Food Systems Dashboard combines data from multiple sources to give users a complete view of food systems. Users can compare components of food systems across countries and regions. They can also identify and prioritize ways to sustainably improve diets and nutrition in their food systems.

World Information and Early Warning System on Plant Genetic Resources for Food and Agriculture (WIEWS)
01/01/2023

WIEWS is the information system used by FAO for the preparation of periodic, country-driven global assessments of the status of conservation and use of Plant genetic resources for food and agriculture. WIEWS also monitors, on the basis of country reports, the implementation of the Second Global Plan of Action for Plant Genetic Resources for Food and Agriculture, adopted in 2011.

GIFT: Global individual food consumption data tool
01/01/2023

FAO/WHO GIFT is an open-access online platform aimed at providing access to harmonised data on what people eat - individual food consumption data. The platform is a growing data repository that leverages existing data to enable and support informed decision making to improve national food and nutrition policies.

Global Forest Resources Assessment
01/01/2023

FAO has been monitoring the world’s forests at 5 to 10 year intervals since 1946. The Global Forest Resources Assessments (FRA) are now produced every five years in an attempt to provide a consistent approach to describing the world’s forests and how they are changing.

Livestock Environmental Assessment and Performance Partnership
01/01/2023

The Livestock Environmental Assessment and Performance (LEAP) Partnership is a multi-stakeholder initiative that seeks to improve the environmental sustainability of the livestock sector through harmonized methods, metrics, and data. LEAP leads a coordinated global initiative to accelerate the sustainable development of livestock supply chain and to support coherent climate actions...

Daily Food Prices Monitoring and Food Inflation Nowcasting
01/01/2023

The Data Lab monitors daily food prices to warn about possible anomalous dynamics, using analytical and visual tools. Moreover, the Data Lab nowcasts official food consumer price indices, based on daily prices and other high-frequency indicators.

Crop Calendar
01/01/2023

The Crop Calendar is searchable platform which aids farmers’ decision making on planting and harvesting periods, sowing rates and other cultural practices for crops according to agroecological zones.

FAOLEX
01/01/2023

FAOLEX is a comprehensive and up-to-date legislative and policy database, one of the world's largest online repositories of national laws, regulations and policies on food, agriculture and natural resources management. Users of FAOLEX have direct access to the abstracts and indexing information about each text, as well as to the full text of the legislation and policies contained in the database.

INFOODS
01/01/2023

INFOODS is the International Network of Food Data Systems. It was established in 1984. It is a worldwide network of food composition experts aiming to improve the quality, availability, reliability and use of food composition data. INFOODS also stands as a forum through which international harmonization and support for food composition activities can be achieved and advocated.