Food and Agriculture Organization (FAO)
IIASA has worked with the FAO in the following areas:
Scarcity and abundance of land resources for SOLAW
In this project a study was prepared to serve as a thematic report for The State of the World’s Land and Water Resources for Food and Agriculture (SOLAW), FAO's first flagship publication on the global status of land and water resources. More
Data portal aims to help unlock food production bottlenecks
FAO and IIASA launch online Global Agro-ecological Zones Interactive Data Portal 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
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
Food & water
Options Magazine, Summer 2011: Over the next decade, IIASA will study three interlinked global problem areas: Food and Water, Energy and Climate Change, and Poverty and Equity. The Food and Water Research Area will focus on how to improve the management of the world’s land, water resources, and ecosystems. 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
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
Quantifying global land resources
IIASA is involved in international cooperative efforts to produce accurate land cover and soil maps of the world, which are critically important for environmental and agricultural monitoring and decision making. More
