A severe drought is currently affecting southern Africa and the Zambezi basin, with extremely dry and warm conditions from October 2023 to March 2024. Heatwaves are exacerbating the impacts of the lack of precipitation. The average temperature is abnormally high, registering record values since...

During 2023, all Amazonian countries recorded the lowest July to September rainfall in over 40 years. Rainfall anomalies in the Brazilian States of western Amazonia, particularly Amazonas, range from 100 to 350 mm below normal corresponding to about 40-50% reduction compared to the average...

This document presents a description of the data used and the processing carried out to derive global cropland and rangeland area fraction images at 500 m utilized by the JRC early warning system ASAP (Anomaly hotspot of Agricultural Production,...

The Joint Research Centre (JRC) of the European Commission and the International Food Policy Research Institute (IFPRI) jointly organized an International Conference on Quantitative Methods for Integrated Food and Nutrition Security Measurements. The conference provided a platform for...

In recent years, droughts have had substantial impacts on nearly all regions of the EU, affecting several critical systems such as agriculture, water supply, energy, river transportation, and ecosystems. These impacts are projected to further increase due to climate change. While some of the...

The 2015/2016 crop season in Southern Africa coincided with the peak of a strong El Niño in the Pacific Ocean, which strongly influenced global rainfall patterns and in particular caused irregular rainfall distribution over Southern Africa both in space and time. Most of the agriculture in this...

The 2015/2016 crop season in Southern Africa coincided with the peak of a strong El Niño in the Pacific Ocean, which strongly influenced global rainfall patterns and in particular caused irregular rainfall distribution over Southern Africa both in space and time. Most of the agriculture in this...