Food and Agriculture Organization (FAO)
IIASA has worked with the FAO in the following areas:
FAO: What climate change implies for global food security and trade
A new book including IIASA research takes stock of climate change impacts on food and agriculture at global and regional levels. More
GAEZ v.4 and FAO-GAEZ Data Portal
The project will update the Harmonized World Soil Database (HWSD) V1.2 and transfer the Global Agro-ecological Zones (GAEZ) technology released by IIASA in 2010 to the Food and Agriculture Organization (FAO) of the United Nations More
Improving Crop Yields
Case Study from IIASA Annual Report 2011: With land resources – particularly land for agricultural production for food and bio-fuels – coming under increasing pressure, IIASA is working alongside policymakers to improve crop yields across the globe More
Data portal aims to help unlock food production bottlenecks
FAO and IIASA launch online Global Agro-ecological Zones Interactive Data Portal More
FAO and IIASA launch land planning web portal
A new online data portal developed by the FAO and IIASA aims to help unlock the planet’s potential to feed a rapidly growing population. More
Doubling Food Provision
Major project in the Food and Water area, contributing to Poverty and Equity. Which factors are regionally the most critical/constraining for achieving reliable long-term food and water supply? More
World Food System model (WFS)
The world food system model comprises a series of national and regional agricultural economic models. It provides a framework for analyzing the world food system, viewing national food and agricultural components as embedded in national economies, which in turn interact with each other at the international trade level. More
Harmonized World Soil Database
First released in July 2008, HWSD is a global database, framed within a Geographic Information System (GIS), that contains up-to-date information on world soil resources. More
NEWS
"Climate Modernity" - The 24H Challenge: How do we want to live and act in the future in Styria ?
Health fears can increase pandemic isolation habits in older Europeans
How circular waste management systems can benefit the environment
Launch of the Northern African Applied Systems Analysis Centre
How we measure the effects of methane matters for climate policy