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Participants are learning to use Open Foris Ground software to update information on land users, locations, growing areas and production conditions. The training also covers mapping plot boundaries, recording coordinates, taking field photographs and synchronising data with the management system.

The four-day regional exchange, held from 23 to 26 June 2026 and hosted by the Government of Viet Nam, is jointly organized under the theme “Towards a shared Asia-Pacific roadmap for traceable agricultural value chains decoupled from deforestation” by the Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO) and the Team Europe Initiative (TEI) on Deforestation-free Value Chains.

Le 9 juin 2026, le ministère de l'Agriculture et de l'Environnement, en coordination avec les agences et unités concernées, a organisé une session de formation sur l'utilisation du logiciel Open Foris Ground pour faciliter la collecte de données sur les zones cultivées, en veillant au respect du règlement de l'Union européenne sur la production et le commerce de produits non issus de la déforestation (EUDR).

The Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO) today published new guidance on forest monitoring, including on how to map and monitor tree-based agricultural commodities such as those produced in agroforestry systems. Launched today at the GeoField 2026 Convening, the Forest monitoring good practices: mapping tree crop commodities provides a comprehensive framework for using earth observation and geospatial data to identify the presence of crops like cocoa, coffee, rubber and palm oil.

Ecuador is consolidating strategic actions to strengthen agroforestry value chains that are positively linked to forests in the cocoa and coffee sectors. A forest-positive agroforestry chain is a value chain based on agroforestry systems that generates economic, social and environmental benefits and actively contributes to the conservation and restoration of forests. This work is being carried out within the framework of the Technical Cooperation Programme implemented by the Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO), whose international mission took place in the country this week.

Open Foris is a free, open-source initiative of forest and land monitoring solutions developed by FAO. The portfolio makes environmental monitoring more accessible, transparent, and collaborative for governme...

Cocoa is a vital source of income for millions of smallholder farmers across the globe and Cameroon — one of the world’s top three cocoa-producing countries in Africa. Yet cocoa production can also be linked to deforestation and forest degradation. 

To address these challenges, the Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO) under the European Union’s Sustainable Cocoa Programme is using satellite remote sensing, artificial intelligence and cloud technology to map land cover and assess the impact of cocoa on forests.

Élaboré conjointement par la FAO et le Ministère britannique de la sécurité énergétique et de la réduction à zéro des émissions nettes, AIM4Forests s’est élargi pour inclure les programmes «Accélérer le suivi innovant de la restauration de la nature» (AIM4NatuRe) et «Accélérer le suivi innovant des forêts et des produits de base» (AIM4Commodities). AIM4NatuRe élargit son champ d’application à tous les écosystèmes pour offrir une approche holistique de la surveillance de la restauration de la nature, tandis qu’AIM4Commodities promeut des chaînes d’approvisionnement plus durables et plus transparentes, reliant la science, les données et les politiques pour produire des résultats mesurables ayant un impact positif sur les populations et la planète.  

From May to July 2025, the Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO), with funding from the German Agency for International Cooperation (GIZ)  and the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland, carried out two missions to Kenya under the AIM4Commodities work stream and the AIM4Forests programme. As one of four pilot countries, alongside Colombia, Viet Nam and Lao PDR, Kenya is testing and scaling up approaches to strengthen forest monitoring, enhance supply chain traceability, and promote sustainable land use through Digital Public Infrastructure (DPI).  

How can food be produced sustainably while meeting deforestation-free requirements? That is the challenge at the heart of AIM4Commodities, a global initiative that is rethinking how digital tools, data, and smallholder empowerment through data ownership can shape the future of agriculture. 

Du 12 au 16 mai 2025, l’Organisation des Nations Unies pour l’alimentation et l’agriculture (FAO) a lancé les activités du projet AIM4Commodities au Viet Nam, avec le soutien financier de l’Agence allemande de coopération internationale (GIZ) et en étroite collaboration avec l’Administration vietnamienne des forêts (VNFOREST).

The International Trade Centre (ITC) and the Food and Agriculture Organization (FAO) have teamed up to create a suite of free, public tools that farmers anywhere in the world can use. Here’s how these tools are already being put into use in Kenya.

As the world faces a mounting ecological crisis, marked by the rapid degradation of ecosystems, biodiversity loss, and advancing desertification, an ambitious initiative is lighting a path forward: the Indigenous Peoples’ Biocentric Restoration Global Programme. And Open Foris Ground is helping to monitor these efforts, you will discover how in the new elearning that will be launched soon.

About one quarter of Guatemalan coffee and over half of Honduran coffee exports are destined for the European Union. Most of that coffee is grown by smallholder farmers. But as of January 2026, European Union importers will be required to ensure that imported coffee, along with eight other product groups affected by the regulation, does not cause deforestation or forest degradation.

The Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO), in partnership with the German Corporation for International Cooperation (GIZ) and the Institute of Hydrology, Meteorology and Environmental Studies (IDEAM), inaugurated the national workshop marking the start of the AIM4Commodities (A4C) project activities in Colombia. The event took place on 22 and 23 April in Bogotá, bringing together nearly 50 participants, including representatives from government agencies, cocoa cooperatives, exporters, and national and international technical partners. 

On February 14, 2025, FAO hosted the first event of the Private Sector Brown Bag Lunches Series, highlighting its decade-long collaboration with Google. The event, organized by FAO's Private Sector Unit (PSUS), demonstrated how innovative technological solutions can transform agricultural and environmental challenges on a global scale.

More than 150 experts from across the globe convened in Rome, Italy, from 25 to 28 November 2024 to enhance collaboration on forest monitoring efforts. The south-south knowledge exchange  emphasized collaboration on country-led planning; forest monitoring and measurement, reporting, and verification (MRV) procedures; and forest monitoring for transparent commodity value chains. 

The Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO) has launched a new project to help countries improve their forest-related data at a four-day South-South knowledge exchange taking place in Rome this week.

To enhance a digital public infrastructure for deforestation-related trade regulations, FAO has developed a suite of innovative solutions to help smallholders, decision-makers, operators and third party verification actors to assess the deforestation risk related to commodity production at the plot level.