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FAO’s Data in Emergencies Information System (DIEM) receives global special achievement award
GIS Technology Provider Esri recognizes the system for innovative use of mapping and analytics technology
13/07/2023
San Diego/Rome – The Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations’ [Data in Emergencies Information System](https://data-in-emergencies.fao.org/) (DIEM) has been awarded a global prize for special achievement in using geographic information system (GIS) technology by the Environmental Systems Research Institute (Esri), the world’s largest provider of support to geographical information systems.
The FAO DIEM team received the Global Humanitarian Sector Prize for its innovative use of mapping and analytics technology at Esri’s Annual User Conference in San Diego (United States) on Wednesday, 12 July 2023.
Since its launch, during the first wave of the COVID-19 global pandemic in 2020, DIEM has made it easier for decision-makers to assess the acute food insecurity of agricultural households and analyse the key drivers when such shocks occur.
Driven by regularly collected primary data, combined with geospatial data, DIEM is a groundbreaking tool in terms of its size, sophistication, quality and speed. This is the first time that data focusing on agricultural livelihoods in food crisis contexts are being collected on this scale and frequency.
“This award is an important recognition of FAO’s efforts in advancing the use of innovative tools to improve our understanding of the impact of shocks on agricultural livelihoods,â€