International Initiatives

International initiatives related to the G4AW Facility, categorized per organisation:

African Union (Commission)

• AfricaRiskView (ARV)
• AU-EU African Monitoring of the Environment for Sustainable Development (AMESD)

CGIAR

(formerly the Consultative Group on International Agricultural Research)

• AfricaRiceCenter
• Research Program on Climate Change, Agriculture and Food Security (CCAFS)

European Commision/European Union

• AU-EU African Monitoring of the Environment for Sustainable Development (AMESD)
• Monitoring Agricultural ResourceS (MARS)

ESA - European Space Agency

• Global Monitoring for Food Security (GMFS)
• GlobCover
• TIGER NET

FAO - Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations

• Agricultural Market Information System (AMIS)
• Global Land Cover Network (GLCN)
• Global Information and Early Warning System (GIEWS)
• Food Insecurity and Vulnerability Information and Mapping Systems (FIVIMS)
• Food Security Information Network (FSIN)
• Global Agro-ecological Zones Interactive Data Portal (GAEZ)
• Global Soil Partnership (GSP)

FMO

• FMO - Dutch development bank

GEO - Group on Earth Observations

• Global Land and Agricultural Monitoring (GLAM)
• GEONETCast

IFC - International Finance Corporation

• Global Agriculture and Food Security Program (GAFSP)

NASA - National Aeronautics and Space Administration

• SERVIR

SADC - Southern African Development Community

• Regional Remote Sensing Unit (RRSU)

UN - United Nations

• International Groundwater Resources Assessment Centre (IGRAC)

USAID - United States Agency for International Development

• Famine Early Warning System (FEWS NET)
• Feed the Future
• SERVIR
• USAID DIV project: Text for tips
• USAID and m:lab East Africa rally: phone based farming apps

WMO - World Meteorological Organization

• Agricultural Meteorology Programme (AgMP)
• Global Framework for Climate Services (GFCS)
• Integrated Drought Management Programme (IDMP)

WORLD BANK

• Global Facility for Disaster Reduction and Recovery (GFDRR)
• ICT in Agriculture
• SERVIR
• World Bank Open Data Initiative

WFP - World Food Programme

• Livelihoods, Early Assessment and Protection (LEAP)
• Food Security Information Network (FSIN)
• Vulnerability Analysis and Mapping unit (VAM)
• WFP Country pages (including information about food security status)

Miscellaneous

• mAgri (GSMA)
• Netherlands Cooperation on Water and Climate Services
• Plantwise (led by CABI)
• West and Central African Council for Agricultural Research and Development (CORAF/WECARD)