Publications
Improve agriculture monitoring systems through satellite imagery for the Islamic Republic of Iran
09 December 2019
09 December 2019
Due to more and more frequent extreme climate events (floods, drought, and frosts) and due to the changes in precipitation (amounts, seasonality, intensity) and warming temperatures that are impacting rainfed agriculture and changing growing seasons,...
The Islamic Republic of Afghanistan. Agro-ecological zoning atlas. Part 1: Agro-climatic indicators
22 November 2019
22 November 2019
Agriculture is crucial for the national economy of the Islamic Republic of Afghanistan. Adoption of new strategies for agriculture monitoring, rural land use planning, and management are urgently required to reduce hunger and...
JORDAN Land Cover Atlas
19 July 2019
19 July 2019
The Jordanian Land Cover Database and Atlas were developed under the Regional Food Security Analysis Network (RFSAN) project. The main objective of the project is to increase and improve provision of goods and services from...
FAO Geospatial - Support for sustainable resource management
20 February 2019
20 February 2019
What is the FAO Geospatial Unit and what does it do?
The aim of this flyer is to describe essentially the activity of the team, how - with more than...
South Sudan Land cover mapping
03 August 2018
03 August 2018
The reasons for updating the previous land cover mapping of 2011 in South Sudan are numerous. Although no systematic work
has been conducted in recent years, displacement of people related to civil unrest is frequent and...