Food security represents a major societal challenge for the coming decades. A growing population increasingly connected through globally integrated markets, rising water and energy use, and a changing climate all impact food supply and demand, resiliency, and price volatility. An extreme weather or climate event can cause food shortages and food insecurity. The vantage point of space provides new sources of information to inform agricultural predictions, resource management decisions, and humanitarian relief planning for vulnerable areas. Earth observing satellites now monitor global precipitation, soil moisture, surface and ground water, temperature, and more. Data assimilation and modeling advances at various scales are improving climate and weather prediction skill. Still, matching all this information to the practical needs of the users remains a challenge. This session includes research related to the advancing science and application of Earth observations for agricultural monitoring and prediction from local to global scales, from farmer decision-making to global food policy, from private industry to humanitarian aid, and everything in between.

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