The Global Centre for Risk and Innovation (GCRI)
Where Food Nexus gets its data, on what terms, with what quality and with which known gaps.
GCRI · Established · service level R0
The Food Nexus source register lists the datasets and records the platform draws on, such as FAOSTAT production, inputs and land-use domains, each with its producer, licence and permitted uses, quality and known gaps. A source is listed only once its terms permit the use described, and data held by agreement is used under those terms and never republished.
Fig.How a finding is reviewed before it is published. Design, not a record.
Urban demand centres and the hubs that anchor digital and data infrastructure, shown for North America as an example geography for this subject.
Who produces the data and how.
Licence, restrictions and permitted uses.
Coverage, resolution, update frequency and known errors.
How the data reached the platform and what was changed.
What is missing and how the gap is handled.
| Source | What it gives | Terms | Used in |
|---|---|---|---|
| ACLED | Coded conflict and protest events with location and date | Free with registration, terms per ACLED | Food system shocks |
| African Postharvest Losses Information System (APHLIS) | Cereal post-harvest loss estimates by country and province | Free, attribution | Storage and cold chain |
| Agricultural Science and Technology Indicators (IFPRI) | Public agricultural research spending and staffing by country | Free and open, attribution | Agritech and innovation |
| AMIS Market Monitor (G20 Agricultural Market Information System) | Supply, demand, stocks and policy for wheat, maize, rice and soybeans | Free, attribution | Food trade and markets |
| Biosafety Clearing-House (Cartagena Protocol) | National decisions, risk assessments and laws on living modified organisms | Public records | Agritech and innovation |
| CEPII BACI | Reconciled bilateral trade flows at product level | Open licence, attribution | Food trade and markets |
| CGIAR GARDIAN and centre data repositories | Trial, breeding and adoption datasets from CGIAR centres | Mostly free and open, terms per dataset | Agritech and innovation |
| CHIRPS rainfall | Gauge-blended satellite rainfall for drought monitoring | Public domain | Food system shocks |
| Copernicus Global Land Service | Vegetation indices, dry matter productivity and phenology | Free and open, attribution | Agricultural production |
| Demographic and Health Surveys and MICS | Household diets, child anthropometry and living conditions | Free on registration, terms per programme | Food security and access |
| EM-DAT (CRED) | Disaster events and recorded impacts by country | Free for non-commercial use, registration | Food system shocks |
| ESA WorldCover and Copernicus land cover | Cropland extent and land cover change | Free and open, attribution | Soil and land |
| EU Rapid Alert System for Food and Feed (RASFF) | Notifications of food and feed hazards found in trade | Public records, terms per European Commission | Storage and cold chain |
| FAO AQUASTAT | Agricultural water withdrawal, irrigated area and water use efficiency by country | Free and open, attribution | Food water energy |
| FAO Desert Locust Watch and Locust Hub | Locust situation bulletins, survey and control records | Free and open, attribution | Food system shocks |
| FAO FishStat | Capture fisheries and aquaculture production by species and country | Free and open, attribution | Agricultural production |
| FAO Food Loss and Waste Database | Loss and waste estimates by commodity, stage and country | Free and open, attribution | Storage and cold chain |
| FAO GIEWS Food Price Monitoring and Analysis tool | Domestic retail and wholesale staple prices by market | Free and open, attribution | Food trade and markets |
| FAO Global Information and Early Warning System (GIEWS) | Country briefs, agricultural stress index and crop prospects | Free and open, attribution | Food system shocks |
| FAO Suite of Food Security Indicators | Undernourishment, food insecurity experience and related indicators by country | Free and open, attribution | Food security and access |
| FAO WaPOR | Satellite evapotranspiration, biomass and water productivity for Africa and the Near East | Free and open, attribution | Food water energy |
| FAO WIEWS | Conservation and use of plant genetic resources by country | Free, attribution | Agritech and innovation |
| FAOSTAT energy use and fertiliser domains | Energy consumed in agriculture and fertiliser use by country | Free and open, attribution | Food water energy |
| FAOSTAT food balances and trade | Supply utilisation accounts and trade by commodity | Free and open, attribution | Food trade and markets |
| FAOSTAT production, inputs and land-use domains | Crop, livestock, fertiliser and land-use statistics by country | Free and open, attribution | Agricultural production |
| FEWS NET | Food security outlooks, livelihood zones, seasonal calendars and market monitoring | Public, attribution | Food security and access |
| Food Prices for Nutrition (World Bank and FAO) | Cost and affordability of a healthy diet by country | Free and open, attribution | Food security and access |
| Genesys (Crop Trust) | Passport data on genebank accessions worldwide | Free and open, attribution | Agritech and innovation |
| GEOGLAM Crop Monitor | Monthly consensus crop condition for major producers and for countries at risk | Free, attribution | Agricultural production |
| Global Map of Irrigation Areas (FAO and University of Bonn) | Gridded area equipped for irrigation | Free, attribution | Food water energy |
| Global Report on Food Crises | Annual synthesis of acute food insecurity and its drivers by country | Free, attribution | Food system shocks |
| Global Soil Partnership maps (FAO) | Country-driven maps of soil organic carbon and salt-affected soils | Free, terms per FAO | Soil and land |
| Harmonized World Soil Database (FAO and IIASA) | Soil units and attributes for crop and land evaluation | Free, terms per FAO and IIASA | Soil and land |
| IEA World Energy Balances | Energy supply and use by sector, agriculture included | Licensed, with some free indicators | Food water energy |
| IFPRI Food and Fertilizer Export Restrictions Tracker | Export bans and licensing requirements by country and product | Free and open, attribution | Food trade and markets |
| IMF PortWatch | Port calls and chokepoint transits from satellite vessel tracking | Free, terms per IMF | Food trade and markets |
| IPC and Cadre Harmonisé analyses | Area classifications and population estimates by acute food insecurity phase | Public, attribution | Food security and access |
| LUCAS topsoil survey (European Commission JRC) | Harmonised topsoil samples for mapping and validation | Free on registration, terms per JRC | Soil and land |
| MapSPAM (IFPRI) | Gridded crop area, yield and production by crop and farming system | Free and open, attribution | Agricultural production |
| National agricultural censuses and surveys | Area, yield, holdings and practices under the FAO World Programme for the Census of Agriculture | Public records, terms per statistics office | Agricultural production |
| National food safety authorities and reserve agencies | Inspection results, recalls and stock records | Public records, terms per agency | Storage and cold chain |
| National soil surveys and laboratories | Soil profiles, analyses and national soil maps | Public records, terms per agency | Soil and land |
| National utility and water agency records | Feeder-level pumping demand and well levels | By agreement with each agency | Food water energy |
| SoilGrids (ISRIC) | Global gridded soil properties with prediction uncertainty | Free and open, attribution | Soil and land |
| UN Comtrade | Bilateral trade flows by commodity and partner | Free with registration, terms per UN | Food trade and markets |
| UNCCD national reporting and Trends.Earth | Land cover, land productivity and soil carbon sub-indicators of degradation | Public records; open-source tool | Soil and land |
| UNEP Food Waste Index reports | Household, retail and food service waste estimates and the measurement method | Free, attribution | Storage and cold chain |
| UNICEF, WHO and World Bank Joint Child Malnutrition Estimates | Stunting, wasting and overweight among children by country | Free and open, attribution | Food security and access |
| USDA Foreign Agricultural Service PSD database | Production, supply and distribution balances by commodity and country | Public domain | Agricultural production |
| WFP HungerMap LIVE and VAM data | Near-real-time food consumption and coping indicators from remote surveys | Public, terms per WFP | Food security and access |
| WHO estimates of the global burden of foodborne diseases | Illness and death from foodborne hazards by region | Free, attribution | Storage and cold chain |
| WIPO PATENTSCOPE and UPOV PLUTO | Patent and plant variety protection records | Free, terms per database | Agritech and innovation |
| WOAH World Animal Health Information System (WAHIS) | Official notifications of animal disease events | Public, terms per WOAH | Food system shocks |
| World Bank Commodity Price Data (Pink Sheet) | Monthly prices for fertilisers, energy and crops | Free and open, attribution | Food water energy |
| World Bank Logistics Performance Index | Comparative performance of trade logistics by country | Free and open, attribution | Storage and cold chain |
Where satellite crop condition or model estimates stand in for missing statistics, the page carries the modelled or estimated label.
Sources are added to the register as they are reviewed. A source is listed only once its terms permit the use described.
Each term as this page uses it. Where a standard-setting body defines the term, the wording follows that body.
| Term | Definition |
|---|---|
| Provenance | Information about the entities, activities and people involved in producing a record, used to judge its quality and reliability, in the W3C PROV model. |
| FAIR principles | Guiding principles that make data findable, accessible, interoperable and reusable by people and machines. |
| Open licence | A licence that allows anyone to access, reuse and redistribute data, sometimes with attribution. |
| Data lineage | The traceable path of data from its origin through each transformation to its current form. |
The bodies and documents this page is read against. Status and editions change; each link goes to the issuing body.
The current service level is R0: information and enquiries. An enquiry receives a reference and names the next step; applications, payments, compute allocations and registrations open only when their team, terms and review capacity exist.