1. New AgroMetShell (newAMS) Feasibility study

2. Objectives To provide a unique shell in which to integrate all software tools to be used for crop monitoring and crop yield forecasting New_AMS will be a new concept for the FAO/NRC and one of the most important features will be to integrate in the shell a large number of tools and utilities developed over the years. New_AMS will be an environment where people who know the basics of programming will be able to develop their own tools.

3. Based principles Open Source software be distributed free charge and copyright ties be multi-platform

4. Module selector VIEW & REPORTPRE-PROCESSINGANALYSIS GIS Functionalities Display / Report DB Management GIS Tools Image Processing All Math Analysis Other Analysis Water Balance Full featured interface X Hide programming tools Show only selected tools

5. Software in newAMS Database management WABAL SEDI (method for 'assisted' interpolation) WINDISP ADDAPIX (tool for images classification) AcquaCrop is a crop water productivity model developed by the Land and Water Division of FAO AURELHY (statistical computing and graphics) VAST (planting date calculation based on NDVI) Others: ET, Bags, EXTRARAD, WBPP

6. Expecting funds Global governance for hunger reduction (2011-2014) GCP/INT/130/EC