The Food and Agriculture Organization (FAO) of the United Nations utilizes space technologies, particularly Earth observation satellites, to support sustainable development and improve food security. FAO leverages satellite data for land cover and land use statistics, agricultural monitoring, and natural resource management. It partners with organizations like NASA, ESA, and JAXA to enhance its geospatial capabilities and provide tools like SEPAL, WaPOR, and Collect Earth Online to member states. FAO also contributes to global initiatives by providing expertise and support to countries in monitoring the Sustainable Development Goals.
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The Coffee Canopy Partnership has support from the United Kingdom’s Foreign, Commonwealth & Development Office and the Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations.
Food and Agriculture Organization (FAO) received the Excellence in Agriculture & Food Security award for the Hand-in-Hand Geospatial Platform that utilizes geospatial modeling and analytics of more than a million geospatial, biophysical, and socio-economic layers.