Updated Maps Better Capture the Spatial Complexity of Farms, People, and Ecosystems

Apr 30, 2015 by Melanie Bacou

HarvestChoice releases over 500 newly-updated indicators for Africa South of the Sahara at 10 km resolution.

HarvestChoice data release r2.5

Global Cropland Maps Make Global News

Mar 16, 2015 by Liangzhi You

By all accounts we will run out of food in the not-so-distant future at our current rate of global food production. New maps help visualize where we can increase food production by capturing the share of cropland around the globe.

IFPRI Magazine Features MAPPR: Mapping African Agriculture

Jun 18, 2012 by Cindy Cox

The June 2012 issue of Insights, IFPRI’s quarterly magazine, talks up HarvestChoice’s increasingly popular online tool: MAPPR. So friendly to use that a writer and a graphics designer combined wits to create the MAPPR-generated visuals for the article.

How We're Pioneering the Mapping of Pests (Video)

Mar 23, 2012 by Jeff Horwich

Jason Beddow of HarvestChoice and the University of Minnesota, along with Darren Kriticos of CSIRO, explain how HarvestChoice is revolutionizing the science of tracking -- and predicting -- the paths of devastating crop pests and diseases such as UG99.

Tsunami-wrecked Farmland: Insights from Droppr

Mar 21, 2011 by Jeff Horwich

We're not normally focused on this part of the world, but something like the Japanese tsunami tends to divert your attention.

Screen-capture from NHK World