A standardized global approach to assess crop productivity using Earth Observations Big Data: Development of a global Crop Potential Productivity Index using Earth Observation Big Data and FAO’s Crop Ecological Requirements Database
This working paper introduces the Crop Potential Productivity Index (CropPI), a global index that integrates Earth Observation Big Data with FAO’s Crop Requirements Database to assess...
IFAD Annual Report 2024
The year 2024 marked the end of IFAD’s 2022–2024 project cycle. By the end of 2024, IFAD had delivered US$3.336 billion in funding for new projects, representing 99.5...
How the EU’s Vision for Agriculture and Food could shape global food security and climate change
As hunger and global temperatures rise, food systems sit at the heart of both issues – as the providers of food and as major drivers of climate change. This dual role places...