The Land Matrix is an online public database of large-scale land deals. It provides a visualisation of records documenting land deals…
By Codi Yeager , Circle of Blue: Though farmers are improving farm practices and productivity, the planet’s growing population —…
Reuters: Water use has been growing at more than twice the rate of population increase in the last century, said…
The Global Water Cycle is an integral part of the Earth System. It plays a central role in global atmospheric…
FAO: This year’s report focuses on the costs of food price volatility, as well as the dangers and opportunities presented…
FOE: More than 60 per cent of land consumed in Europe is imported while US demand for imported land increased…
Paul R. Epstein: With wheat prices surging as major producers are hit by droughts and other extreme weather events,…
AlertNet – Major river basins in Africa, Asia and Latin America could sustainably double food production in some of the poorest…
The new maps show the social and physical environment in relation to population and provide a fresh perspective on the…
Uprisings in the Arab world this year remind us how extreme weather can help to create geopolitical chaos by raising…
AQUASTAT is FAO’s global information system on water and agriculture, developed by the Land and Water Division. The main mandate…
The Global Drought Monitor is a free internet application which monitors the severity of drought worldwide on an ongoing basis.…
Climate change bringing floods and drought, growing biofuel demand and national policies to protect domestic markets could boost global food…
Here is an interactive flash application developed by Michael Mann and David Babb for an agricultural impacts/adaptation module of a…
Crops that provide a lifeline to farmers and their families in developing countries are coming under pressure from increasingly unpredictable…
