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01Sequence

The order things happen in.

02What is shown

Released, referenced and rights-cleared.

Time and space reference for every view.
Sources and licence.
Uncertainty and known limits.
Version and date of release.

03Geography

Water now worldwide.

Crop greenness, root-zone soil moisture and plant growth across the world, from NASA GIBS. Each layer carries its own date.

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Layers 3

Water now, for this page

About this layer

Evidence: Observed (clouds leave gaps)
Source: MODIS Terra NDVI (NASA LANCE)
Provider: NASA LANCE
Licence: NASA open data
Vintage: daily; Satellite index; clouds leave gaps
Newest at build: 2026-10-13
Resolution: about 250 m grid
Uncertainty: Satellite greenness index over the 8 days to the date shown; an indicator of crop and pasture condition, not a yield estimate or a food security warning.
Reached through: gibs.earthdata.nasa.gov, only after you allow the live map

About this layer

Evidence: Modelled
Source: SMAP Level 4 (NASA NSIDC DAAC)
Provider: NASA NSIDC DAAC
Licence: NASA open data
Vintage: daily; Model with satellite data assimilated
Newest at build: 2026-10-11
Resolution: about 2 km grid
Uncertainty: Model with satellite data assimilated. Satellite or model raster as the provider publishes it. Clouds, swath gaps and retrieval error leave gaps and noise; values are indicators, not measurements at a place.
Reached through: gibs.earthdata.nasa.gov, only after you allow the live map

About this layer

Evidence: Modelled (latest 8-day period GIBS publishes)
Source: MODIS Aqua GPP (MYD17) (NASA LP DAAC)
Provider: NASA LP DAAC
Licence: NASA open data
Vintage: 8-day; Satellite-driven model; latest 8-day period GIBS publishes
Newest at build: 2026-09-30
Resolution: about 500 m grid
Uncertainty: Model estimate of carbon taken up by plants over the 8-day period shown; an indicator of growth, not harvest or production.
Reached through: gibs.earthdata.nasa.gov, only after you allow the live map

About this layer

Evidence: Modelled (latest year GIBS publishes)
Source: MODIS Terra and Aqua land cover (MCD12Q1) (NASA LP DAAC)
Provider: NASA LP DAAC
Licence: NASA open data
Vintage: yearly; Satellite classification; latest year GIBS publishes
Newest at build: 2024-01-01
Resolution: about 500 m grid
Uncertainty: Satellite land cover classes for the year shown, including croplands; a classification with known errors, not a farm register.
Reached through: gibs.earthdata.nasa.gov, only after you allow the live map

About this layer

Evidence: Observed
Source: VIIRS NOAA-20 corrected reflectance (NASA LANCE)
Provider: NASA LANCE
Licence: NASA open data
Vintage: daily; Satellite image
Newest at build: 2026-10-14
Resolution: about 250 m grid
Uncertainty: Satellite image. Satellite or model raster as the provider publishes it. Clouds, swath gaps and retrieval error leave gaps and noise; values are indicators, not measurements at a place.
Reached through: gibs.earthdata.nasa.gov, only after you allow the live map

About this layer

Evidence: Estimated
Source: GPM IMERG (NASA GES DISC)
Provider: NASA GES DISC
Licence: NASA open data
Vintage: daily; Satellite estimate, near real time
Newest at build: 2026-10-12
Resolution: about 2 km grid
Uncertainty: Satellite estimate, near real time. Satellite or model raster as the provider publishes it. Clouds, swath gaps and retrieval error leave gaps and noise; values are indicators, not measurements at a place.
Reached through: gibs.earthdata.nasa.gov, only after you allow the live map

Latest available

NASA GIBS / EOSDIS · ASTER GDEM (METI, NASA) · Blue Marble (NASA) · © OpenStreetMap contributors (ODbL) · Natural Earth

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Water now, framed on the world.Satellite and model products as NASA publishes them, each with its own date. They are indicators, not assessments of any place.

Data: NASA GIBS · ASTER GDEM · Blue Marble · © OpenStreetMap contributors · Natural Earth · NASA EONET · NASA JPL OPERA DIST-ALERTSources and licences

We acknowledge the use of imagery provided by services from NASA’s Global Imagery Browse Services (GIBS), part of NASA’s Earth Science Data and Information System (ESDIS). Colours redrawn from the published colour map; values averaged into hexagonal cells where shown (modified). NASA open data
We acknowledge the use of imagery provided by services from NASA’s Global Imagery Browse Services (GIBS), part of NASA’s Earth Science Data and Information System (ESDIS). Colours redrawn from the published colour map; values averaged into hexagonal cells where shown (modified). NASA open data
MODIS land products (vegetation indices, gross primary production, land cover), NASA LP DAAC and LANCE; imagery via NASA GIBS. Colours redrawn from the published colour map; values averaged into hexagonal cells where shown (modified). NASA open data
SMAP Level 4 soil moisture and snow mass, NASA Global Modeling and Assimilation Office; distributed by the NASA National Snow and Ice Data Center DAAC; imagery via NASA GIBS. Colours redrawn from the published colour map; values averaged into hexagonal cells where shown (modified). NASA open data
VIIRS near-real-time products (flood, land surface temperature, snow cover, corrected reflectance), NASA LANCE; imagery via NASA GIBS. Colours redrawn from the published colour map; values averaged into hexagonal cells where shown (modified). NASA open data
GPM IMERG precipitation, NASA Precipitation Processing System; distributed by the NASA Goddard Earth Sciences Data and Information Services Center (GES DISC); imagery via NASA GIBS. Colours redrawn from the published colour map; values averaged into hexagonal cells where shown (modified). NASA open data
ASTER GDEM is a product of METI and NASA (ASTER Global Digital Elevation Model V003, NASA LP DAAC); imagery via NASA GIBS. Colours redrawn from the published colour map; values averaged into hexagonal cells where shown (modified). Cite as: NASA/METI/AIST/Japan Spacesystems and U.S./Japan ASTER Science Team (2019). ASTER Global Digital Elevation Model V003. doi:10.5067/ASTER/ASTGTM.003. NASA open data
Made with Natural Earth. Free vector and raster map data @ naturalearthdata.com. Public domain
© OpenStreetMap contributors (ODbL), via NASA GIBS (coastlines, boundaries, roads and place names). Colours redrawn from the published colour map; values averaged into hexagonal cells where shown (modified). ODbL
Blue Marble, NASA Earth Observatory; imagery via NASA GIBS. Colours redrawn from the published colour map; values averaged into hexagonal cells where shown (modified). NASA open data
Context on the globe and flat map: coastlines, boundaries, roads and place names from NASA GIBS reference layers (OpenStreetMap data, ODbL, © OpenStreetMap contributors); Blue Marble imagery as an optional base; 3D terrain and the elevation read-out from the ASTER GDEM elevation colour index (5 m to 200 m classes, exaggerated for legibility). Boundaries are drawn as published and imply no position on any territory.
Live events: NASA Earth Observatory Natural Event Tracker (EONET); events are indicative and keep their original source links.
Live: NASA EONET Events are indicative, not authority warnings.
Observed (EO): NASA JPL OPERA DIST-ALERT (contains modified Copernicus Sentinel data 2026). We acknowledge the use of imagery provided by services from NASA’s Global Imagery Browse Services (GIBS), part of NASA’s Earth Science Data and Information System (ESDIS).
NASA GIBS: We acknowledge the use of imagery provided by services from NASA’s Global Imagery Browse Services (GIBS), part of NASA’s Earth Science Data and Information System (ESDIS).
River discharge forecast, 30 days with range (GloFAS via Open-Meteo): Contains modified Copernicus Emergency Management Service information 2026; not a flood warning.
Past year, daily temperature (ERA5 via Open-Meteo): Contains modified Copernicus Climate Change Service information 2026.
Past year, daily temperature and sunshine (NASA POWER): These data were obtained from the NASA Langley Research Center (LaRC) POWER Project funded through the NASA Earth Science/Applied Science Program..
Weather data by Open-Meteo.com (https://open-meteo.com/), licensed under CC BY 4.0 (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/).
Optional layers (14 sources in the layer list: live, forecast, observed and context) print their provider credit on the map and here when switched on; forecasts are model output and derived indices are estimates.

Layers and dates

Vegetation greenness (NDVI), rolling 8 days: MODIS Terra NDVI, NASA LANCE · 13 Oct 2026
Root-zone soil moisture, 0 to 100 cm: SMAP Level 4, NASA NSIDC DAAC · 11 Oct 2026
Gross primary production, 8-day total: MODIS Aqua GPP (MYD17), NASA LP DAAC · 30 Sep 2026
Land cover type (IGBP), yearly: MODIS Terra and Aqua land cover (MCD12Q1), NASA LP DAAC · 2024
True colour: VIIRS NOAA-20 corrected reflectance, NASA LANCE · 13 Oct 2026
Precipitation rate, daily mean: GPM IMERG, NASA GES DISC · 12 Oct 2026

04Indicators

What a released map in this field would carry.

Indicator	Unit	Cadence	Evidence label	Topic
Crop yield	tonnes per hectare	seasonal	Published statistics	Agricultural production
Harvested area	hectares	seasonal	Estimated	Agricultural production
Vegetation condition anomaly	deviation of NDVI or fAPAR from the long-term mean	dekadal	Observed	Agricultural production
Yield gap	percent of attainable yield	multi-year	Modelled	Agricultural production
Livestock population	head; tropical livestock units	annual	Published statistics	Agricultural production
Capture fisheries and aquaculture production	tonnes live weight	annual	Published statistics	Agricultural production
Fertiliser use on cropland	kilograms of nutrient per hectare	annual	Published statistics	Agricultural production
Crop condition class	categorical scale from poor to exceptional	monthly	Reported	Agricultural production
Prevalence of undernourishment (SDG 2.1.1)	percent of population	annual	Modelled	Food security and access
Prevalence of moderate or severe food insecurity (SDG 2.1.2)	percent of population on the Food Insecurity Experience Scale	annual	Estimated	Food security and access
Population by acute food insecurity phase	persons per IPC or Cadre Harmonisé phase	per analysis	Published statistics	Food security and access
Food consumption score	weighted score with standard thresholds	monthly to quarterly	Reported	Food security and access
Cost of a healthy diet	purchasing power parity dollars per person per day	annual	Estimated	Food security and access
Global acute malnutrition among children under five	percent of children	per survey	Observed	Food security and access
Minimum dietary diversity for women	percent of women of reproductive age	per survey	Observed	Food security and access
Food share of household expenditure	percent of total expenditure	per survey	Published statistics	Food security and access
Soil organic carbon stock	tonnes of carbon per hectare to a stated depth	multi-year	Modelled	Soil and land
Proportion of land that is degraded (SDG 15.3.1)	percent of land area	reporting cycle	Published statistics	Soil and land
Land productivity dynamics	trend class	multi-year	Estimated	Soil and land
Soil erosion rate	tonnes per hectare per year	multi-year	Modelled	Soil and land
Soil salinity	decisiemens per metre (electrical conductivity)	per survey	Observed	Soil and land
Soil nutrient balance	kilograms of nitrogen, phosphorus and potassium per hectare per year	annual	Estimated	Soil and land
Conversion to and from cropland	hectares	annual	Observed	Soil and land
Water use efficiency in agriculture (SDG 6.4.1)	value added per cubic metre withdrawn	annual	Published statistics	Food water energy
Crop water productivity	kilograms per cubic metre of evapotranspiration	seasonal	Modelled	Food water energy
Area equipped for irrigation and area actually irrigated	hectares	annual	Estimated	Food water energy
Energy use in agriculture and food processing	terajoules	annual	Published statistics	Food water energy
Irrigation pumping electricity demand	gigawatt hours	seasonal	Observed	Food water energy
Fertiliser-to-crop price ratio	ratio	monthly	Published statistics	Food water energy
Groundwater level in irrigated districts	metres below ground	monthly	Observed	Food water energy
Food loss index (SDG 12.3.1a)	index of loss percentage against a base period	annual	Estimated	Storage and cold chain
Food waste per capita (SDG 12.3.1b)	kilograms per person per year	annual	Estimated	Storage and cold chain
Post-harvest loss by crop and stage	percent of harvested quantity	seasonal	Estimated	Storage and cold chain
Refrigerated storage capacity	cubic metres	annual	Reported	Storage and cold chain
Temperature excursions in storage and transport	hours outside the specified range	continuous	Observed	Storage and cold chain
Food safety notifications	count by hazard and product	weekly	Published statistics	Storage and cold chain
Aflatoxin exceedance in sampled grain	percent of samples above the applicable limit	per survey	Observed	Storage and cold chain
Public grain stock level	months of consumption	monthly	Published statistics	Storage and cold chain
Area under improved varieties	hectares by variety and release year	seasonal	Estimated	Agritech and innovation
Varietal turnover	area-weighted average age of varieties, years	per survey	Estimated	Agritech and innovation
Public agricultural research spending	share of agricultural GDP	annual	Published statistics	Agritech and innovation
Approvals of biotech crops and traits	count by country, crop and trait	annual	Published statistics	Agritech and innovation
Plant genetic resources in medium or long-term conservation (SDG 2.5.1)	number of accessions	annual	Published statistics	Agritech and innovation
Farm households using digital advisory or market services	percent of farm households	per survey	Reported	Agritech and innovation
Area under precision management	hectares under variable-rate or sensor-guided application	annual	Reported	Agritech and innovation
Cereal import dependency ratio	percent of domestic supply	annual	Published statistics	Food trade and markets
Supplier concentration of staple imports	Herfindahl-Hirschman index	annual	Estimated	Food trade and markets
FAO Food Price Index	index points against a base period	monthly	Published statistics	Food trade and markets
Indicator of food price anomalies (SDG 2.c.1)	standardised anomaly class	monthly	Published statistics	Food trade and markets
Stocks-to-use ratio	percent of annual use	monthly	Estimated	Food trade and markets
Export restrictions in force	share of world calorie trade affected	weekly	Reported	Food trade and markets
Dry bulk freight rate	index points	daily	Observed	Food trade and markets
Food import bill against export earnings	ratio	annual	Published statistics	Food trade and markets
Seasonal rainfall anomaly	percent of the long-term mean	dekadal	Estimated	Food system shocks
Agricultural stress index	percent of cropland affected by water stress	dekadal	Modelled	Food system shocks
Desert locust situation level	warning level from calm to danger	weekly	Published statistics	Food system shocks
Animal disease events notified	count by disease and country	weekly	Published statistics	Food system shocks
Conflict events in agricultural areas	events per administrative unit	weekly	Reported	Food system shocks
Projected population in IPC Phase 3 or above	persons	per analysis	Forecast	Food system shocks
Direct agricultural loss from disasters (Sendai indicator C-2)	monetary value at constant prices	per event	Estimated	Food system shocks

05Process

How the process runs.

Process

Released maps: Layers to published map

Layers enter with their rights, are aligned, analysed and checked for uncertainty, then released after public-safe review; a map is a governed spatial claim.

01 Data
1. 01Source layers with their rightsDataset · NXS-GRX (canonical data, provenance and risk)Spatial views of The Global Risks Index (NXS-GRX) products sit under the boundary licence gate. Rights classification sets how a layer may be used.
02 Harmonise
1. 02Coordinate reference and boundary versionRecord · NXS-EOP (earth observation and digital twins)The area of interest preserves its coordinate reference system, polygon validity and observation support. Boundary versions are kept.
2. 03Harmonise units, variables and timeStepUnit metadata, conversion records and transformation logs are required. Alignment is an evidence event, not hidden preprocessing.
03 Analyse and check
1. 04Analyse with a recorded processing recipeModel · GIS teamA processing recipe records parameters, calibration, inputs and output lineage. The analysis methods are named in each product’s own record.
2. 05Spatial uncertainty checkGateSpatial uncertainty is recorded and affects downstream use. A high-uncertainty polygon may suit internal review, not public-safe release.
04 Publish
1. 06Spatial metadata bundleRecordThe bundle records boundary type, jurisdiction, geometry version, projection, resolution, source, time window, uncertainty and access class.
2. 07Public-safe release of the mapDecisionThe output record names the redactions, uncertainty and public-safe reviewer. A map is a governed spatial claim, never merely a picture.

Spatio-temporal intelligence · Data protocols: semantic, jurisdictional and temporal intelligence · NXS-EOPDesigned programme process, not a record of operation. No cycle has run and every programme is at service level R0. A gate is a programme decision, never a public-authority approval, certification or deployment authorisation. The pages cited are design doctrine.

06Reading the maps

Cautions that apply to food system maps.

Cropland maps differ sharply between products in smallholder regions; state which is used.
IPC phase maps show consensus classifications for a period; they are not forecasts unless labelled as projections.
National self-sufficiency ratios hide subnational deficits and seasonal hunger.
Trade flows by value and by calorie tell different stories; say which is shown.

07Status

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Released maps

The order things happen in.

Released, referenced and rights-cleared.

Water now worldwide.

What a released map in this field would carry.

How the process runs.

Released maps: Layers to published map

01 Data

02 Harmonise

03 Analyse and check

04 Publish

Cautions that apply to food system maps.

Releases appear as they are reviewed.

Where this page’s references lead.

Questions and answers.

Contribute evidence from this page.

Bring a method, a dataset or a question.

Legal documents.

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