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Originally developed by CIRAD and INRAE for the Agrimonde-Terra foresight initiative, the GlobAgri platform provides robust tools for analysing agricultural and agri-food systems. It enables users to generate consistent databases of resource-use balances for agricultural and agri-food products, organized by product and country for a reference year, and to develop biomass balance models to project these balances into the future. GlobAgri harmonises data from multiple sources, primarily  FAOStat, ensuring comprehensive coverage of all countries and products listed in the FAO nomenclature. GlobAgri’s biomass balance models simulate the impacts of food system changes on land use and greenhouse gas emissions, both globally and by country. The GlobAgri database and model can be customised to the specific needs of each study: the world can be divided into different countries and groups of countries, products can be grouped into different aggregates, and various constraints can be added to the balance model.

A major strength of GlobAgri is its ability to ensure data consistency across multiple dimensions. Firstly, resource-use balances connect food consumption to the agricultural land required for production, providing a clear link between consumption and resource use. Secondly, resource-use balances by product in each country are consistent: for example, the quantities of animal products produced (recorded as resources in corresponding animal product balances) are consistently linked to the quantities of animal feed ingredients used (recorded as utilisation in corresponding crop product balances). Thirdly, resource-uses balances are consistent across countries: for example, for each product, the total imports across all countries equal the total exports, ensuring coherence in international trade data. Finally, resource-use balances can be expressed in tonnes, kilocalories, or protein content.

Another key advantage of GlobAgri's resource-use balances and associated balance models is their ability to link product- and country-specific data to a range of environmental impact assessment modules. These include greenhouse gas emissions, nitrogen balances, and, coming soon, biodiversity indicators.

GlobAgri has been extensively applied in foresight studies focusing on European and global food systems up to 2050. The Globagri.org website gathers all relevant information from these studies, including: context and organisation, published documents, simulated scenarios, model assumptions and input variables, and scenario-specific simulation results. Additionally, the website enables users to explore assumptions and results through interactive graphs.

The Globagri.org website is a first step toward making the platform available. It serves as a showcase for its potential, featuring detailed insights into past applications, their methodologies, and outcomes.

Your contacts: Agneta Forslund and Chantal Le Mouël 

Globagri.org was funded by the GloFoodS metaprogramme (jointly led by INRAE and CIRAD from 2014 to 2020) and is currently supported, on the INRAE side, by the SMART research unit.