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: Innovation and national product branding can transform agrifood systems in Africa and Asia
- OECD-FAO Agricultural Outlook 2025-2034: Emerging economies will drive growth in animal-source food consumption and production
- FAO Investment Days 2025 focuses on more and better agrifood jobs
- Sites in the Republic of Korea, Portugal and Tajikistan recognized as Globally Important Agricultural Heritage Systems
- FAO and ITU launch “Robotics for Good - Youth Challenge 2025-2026” to tackle global food insecurity
- FAO welcomes Canada’s pledge of nearly $10 million to Global Fire Management Hub
- QU Dongyu closes 44th FAO Conference urging ingenuity, solidarity and collective will
- FAO Food Price Index up slightly in June due to higher meat, dairy and vegetable oil prices
- The Status of Youth in Agrifood Systems: New FAO report shines light on pitfalls and prospects for 1.3 billion young people
- FAO launches groundbreaking financing facility to help prevent food crises before they escalate
Climate
- World Horse Day: Honoring humanity’s oldest and most loyal companion
- Overlooked and underestimated: Sand and dust storms wreak havoc across borders
- ‘Very limited time to react’: Texas flash floods expose challenges in early warning
- South Sudan’s longest cholera outbreak enters critical stage
- Chile and Argentina among coldest places on Earth as polar anticyclone grips region
- Northern hemisphere heatwave underscores value of early-warning alerts
- 50 years of CITES: Shielding wildlife from trade-driven extinction
- Human rights can be a ‘strong lever for progress’ in climate change, says UN rights chief
- Tide of change in Philippines as women revive watersheds and livelihoods
- Asia is warming twice as fast as the rest of the world
Atmosphere
- The longest-lasting 2023 western North American heat wave was fueled by the record-warm Atlantic Ocean
- Arctic wildfire carbon emissions strongly influenced by midsummer Tibetan Plateau precipitation
- Does rainfall create buoyant forcing at the ocean surface?
- Imprint of a quasi-16-day period in boreal summer through modulation of quasi-2-day wave implying interhemispheric coupling
- A dual-core model for ENSO diversity: unifying model hierarchies for realistic simulations
- Basin-wide and coastal modes of north tropical Atlantic variability have distinct impacts on hurricanes
- Potential tropical cyclone movement and intensification factors imaged by spaceborne SAR
- Diversity of La Niña onset
- The stratospheric Goldilocks zone is critical for high-altitude balloon navigation
- Navigating drought
Renewable sources
- Renewables Boom Highlights Growing Regional Divide
- How Decentralised Renewables Transform Healthcare Services in Rural Zimbabwe
- IRENA Launches Call for Projects Ahead of the Second APRA Investment Forum in Sierra Leone
- Energy Access Has Improved, Yet International Financial Support Still Needed to Boost Progress and Address Disparities
- L’accès à l’énergie s’est amélioré, mais un soutien financier international reste nécessaire pour stimuler les progrès et réduire les disparités
- Strategic Investment Critical for Energy Transition Success in EU
- Five Key Takeaways from the IRENA Innovation Week 2025
- Innovation Week 2025 As It Happens - Day 3
- Innovation Week 2025 As It Happens - Day 2
- Innovation Week 2025 As It Happens - Day 1