Climate, environment and sustainable agriculture
Meteorology and Agrometeorology
3a has extensive experience in weather monitoring and in the processing and analysis of meteorological data.
Phytopathological modeling
3a develops phytopathological forecasting models based on the best available scientific literature.
Integrated agriculture platform
Green Planet is a multilingual and multi-user platform that supports agricultural choices by collecting, analyzing and disseminating field data.
Risk reduction in rural areas
An integrated information system to increase the resilience and sustainability of rural economies.
Irrigation management
An irrigation management system for sustainable agriculture.
Management consulting and digitalization
Directorate support for the definition of business objectives.
News
Agriculture
- FAO wins prize for geospatial project in Zimbabwe
- FAO participates in ADB annual meeting, strengthens cooperation in key agricultural areas
- FAO warns: Enhanced awareness and action needed amid foot-and-mouth disease outbreaks in Europe and the Near East
- FAO Food Price Index increases in April
- Desert locust movements in Northwest Africa raise concern amid spring breeding season
- Supporting safe innovation: FAO highlights food safety considerations for food supplements and functional or health foods
- FAO Director-General: Mountain regions have great potential despite climate, biodiversity and land degradation threats
- FAO launches AIM4NatuRe to improve monitoring of ecosystem restoration
- FAO launches a $150 million Emergency and Early Recovery Response Plan for Ukraine to support war-affected rural communities
- Boost for the global fight against illegal, unreported and unregulated fishing
Climate
- ‘We can do better’ for pedestrian and cyclist safety worldwide
- Myanmar quake: Ongoing aftershocks spread fear
- Climate change: How mountain communities are scaling new heights
- Indigenous Peoples sidelined in global climate fight, UN warns
- World leaders rally for ‘full-speed’ climate action ahead of COP30
- Climate crisis driving surge in gender-based violence, UN report finds
- Local leaders raise temperature on action to fight climate change
- Partnerships, increased climate investment crucial for sustainable transition, says UN deputy chief
- Countries reach historic deal to cut shipping emissions
- Myanmar earthquake latest: Entire communities flattened, aid teams say
Atmosphere
- Declining summer circulation over the Eastern Mediterranean and Middle East
- Smoke aerosols elevate precipitation top and latent heat to the upper atmosphere globally
- Air–sea interactions amplified by tropical cyclones break the South China Sea summer monsoon
- Attributing climate and weather extremes to Northern Hemisphere sea ice and terrestrial snow: progress, challenges and ways forward
- Exploring the differences in atmospheric mesoscale kinetic energy spectra between AI based and physics based models
- Compound marine heatwaves and tropical cyclones delay the onset of the Bay of Bengal summer monsoon
- Author Correction: Greenhouse gases reduce the satellite carrying capacity of low Earth orbit
- Super-Clausius–Clapeyron scaling of extreme precipitation explained by shift from stratiform to convective rain type
- A low-dimensional recursive deep learning model for El Niño-Southern Oscillation simulation
- Arctic warming from a high-latitude effusive volcanic eruption
Renewable sources
- Closing the Financing Gap in the Global South Requires a Multi-Pronged Approach
- The Powerful Role in Geopolitics is to Manage the Energy Transition
- Renewables in 2024: 5 Key Facts Behind a Record-Breaking Year
- Georgia to Harness Renewables to Enhance Energy Security
- The Success of Global Energy Transitions Starts with Early-Stage Project Financing
- Record-Breaking Annual Growth in Renewable Power Capacity
- G20+ Countries Hold the Key to the Global Renewable Target by 2030
- Impactful Partnerships for Small Islands’ Climate Resilience and Sustainable Development
- Tripling off-grid renewables is a catalyst for sustainable development in rural communities
- Why Community-Centred Approach is Key to Scale up Renewables-Based Adaptation Efforts in Agriculture