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World Food Programme

World Food Programme is a United Nations humanitarian agency headquartered in Rome, with operations in more than 120 countries and territories and 20,000 staff worldwide.^[1] It uses satellite-derived climate, vegetation, rainfall, and hazard data in food-security monitoring and early-warning workflows across more than 95 countries.^[2] WFP geospatial analysis also uses RGB and multispectral satellite imagery for crop monitoring, rainfall tracking, vegetation-basin analysis, and a geospatial archive spanning more than 20 years.^[3] This makes WFP a demand-side institution for EO-derived food-security analytics and humanitarian early warning.

Sources

[1]About WFP - World Food Programmeagency doc2026-06-20HQ Rome; 120+ countries; 20,000+ staff; humanitarian mandate; HungerMap Live and VAM referenced
[2]WFP Releases HungerMap Liveagency doc2026-06-20ML-powered food security monitoring across 95+ countries; climate hazard and satellite data integration; near-real-time hunger intelligence
[3]How Satellite Data is Contributing to Global Food Securitycommunity2026-06-20Confirms WFP VAM uses RGB and multispectral satellite imagery; 20+ year geospatial archive for crop monitoring, rainfall, vegetation basin tracking

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@misc{eoatlas:companies:wfp,
  title = {World Food Programme},
  author = {{EO-Atlas}},
  publisher = {SpectraWorks B.V.},
  note = {CC BY 4.0},
  url = {https://eo-atlas.org/companies/wfp}
}