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
- WFF 2025: Green Cities Conference adopts Communiqué, principles and criteria for greener future cities
- New FAO-EU initiative will boost vulnerable populations’ access to aquatic foods
- Global deforestation slows, but forests remain under pressure, FAO report shows
- Junior World Food Day: FAO inspires young people with celebrity cooking show
- World Food Forum 2025 concludes with renewed global commitment to transform agrifood systems through solidarity, science, and investment
- Pope Leo XIV and world leaders mark World Food Day and FAO at 80 in Rome
- FAO and Italy unveil commemorative postal stamp marking the Organization’s 80th anniversary
- Chef Fatmata Binta designated FAO Regional Goodwill Ambassador for Africa
- FAO inaugurates new Food and Agriculture Museum & Network in Rome
- WFF 2025: Special event boosts momentum for the implementation of the One Country One Priority Product (OCOP) Initiative
Climate
- The grass beneath our feet: Why rangelands matter
- ‘Warned but not protected’: Four in ten adults in England ignore heat alerts
- Colombia quake: In Cali’s ruins, an ‘overwhelming sense of humanity’
- Colombia earthquake: International teams standing by
- World marks second warmest July on record
- UN offers support to Colombia after magnitude 7.4 earthquake kills dozens
- Food prices edged up in July amid heatwaves and energy price hikes
- The Mediterranean’s own odyssey: An ecological treasure feels the strain
- Strengthening El Niño to push 49 million more people into acute hunger
- Africans bear the brunt of biodiversity loss
Atmosphere
- Stratospheric impacts on Eurasian soil moisture on subseasonal timescales
- Operational Tropical Cyclone Forecasting with AI
- Coupled air–sea interactions drove and sustained the 2013–2016 North Pacific marine heatwave
- Pan-tropical ocean warming drives record-breaking rainfall in South China in April 2024
- Upwind terrestrial influences on soil moisture variability across South America
- European summer drying largely driven by atmospheric circulation changes since the 1980s
- Constraining high-emission future West African monsoon with physics-weighted deep learning ensembles
- Reduced tropical rain-band asymmetry through the seasonal cycle
- Moderate volcanic eruptions and extreme wildfires humidify the stratosphere
- Tropical origins of the recent trends in Northern Hemisphere wintertime jet streams
Renewable sources
- Powering Sustainable Economies in Latin America’s Remote Communities
- The Sustainable Economic Opportunity Behind End-of-Life Solar Panels
- Geothermal Energy in Latin America: Turning Potential into Energy Security
- IRENA Issues Call for Renewable Energy Projects in Central America and the Caribbean
- Local Pathways, Global Energy Transition
- Renewable Power Generation Records Its Fastest Growth Ever
- Infographic: Renewable Power Generation Costs in 2025
- USD 480 Billion Fossil-Fuel Costs Avoided by Renewable Energy Boom in 2025
- 655 million people still living without electricity underscore urgent need to deliver on universal energy access target
- IRENA Joins Leaders’ Call to Accelerate Electrification in Response to Energy Crisis