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WYE CITY GROUP ON STATISTICS ON RURAL DEVELOPMENT AND AGRICULTURE HOUSEHOLD INCOME Second Meeting Italy, Rome, 11-12 June 2009 FAO Head-Quarters Agro-MAPS: Mapping sub national agricultural land-use statistics on a global scale Agro-MAPS: mappatura delle statistiche locali dell’uso del suolo agricolo su scala mondiale Hubert George Land and Water Division, FAO, Viale delle Terme di Caracalla, Rome, Italy, hubert.george@ Isabelle Verbeke, Land and Water Division, FAO, Viale delle Terme di Caracalla, Rome, Italy,isabelle.verbeke @ Sandra Corsi Land and Water Division, FAO, Viale delle Terme di Caracalla, Rome, Italy, sandra.corsi@ Riassunto: Agro-MAPS is an interactive web-based information system on land use which was created specifically to support several key global applications requiring sub national statistical data on crop production, area harvested, and yields. These selected statistics represent a limited, yet important component of agricultural land use. In response to user needs, data are provided in both vector and raster formats. The system allows users to query and browse interactively the geo-referenced statistical data in the form of maps and subsequently to download data and maps for a selected country or region of interest. The data can also be processed interactively on the Agro-MAPS web site in order to display maps of locally and regionally important crops. A broad range of land-use applications relevant to rural development is supported by Agro-MAPS data. These applications span a range of nationally to globally important issues, including food security and poverty, sustainable land management, climate change, as well as policy formulation and planning. This paper describes the potential use of Agro-MAPS data for the development of selected land-use indicators which are relevant to these issues, as well as a recent application in the characterization of national and global land-use (farming) system maps. Such maps are also of value