With a billion people suffering from hunger, an ever-growing global population and increasing market volatility, the question of food security is getting increased attention. Following the ¿Global Food Crisis¿ in 2008, the Summit on Food Security called for improved international cooperation, improved access to knowledge and improved early warning systems. Extreme summer temperatures in Russia (2010) and the current famine in the Horn of Africa further highlight the need for effective monitoring of agricultural drought. In contrast, recent flooding in the U.S. and Pakistan has resulted in significant harvest shortfalls. Increasing climate variability and such extreme events can be anticipated with a warming planet. The Group on Earth Observations (GEO) Agricultural Monitoring Task is coordinating improved access to and use of EO data for monitoring and assessment of agricultural drought. In June 2011, the G20 Agricultural Ministers accepted a proposal from GEO for a new initiative on improving Global Agricultural Monitoring (GEOGLAM). The University of Maryland in cooperation with NASA and the USDA has been developing a system to monitor crop condition and agricultural drought using MODIS data, customized for use by the Foreign Agricultural Service (FAS). The system provides actionable information to the FAS as input to its monthly production forecasts. We propose to significantly enhance this system to meet the needs of the broader global user community, by establishing operational partnerships through the GEO Community-of-Practice. This scoping/feasibility activity will enhance the performance of the current system for broader use, including providing improved drought monitoring capability and integrating multi-source data; undertaking user-outreach for the system and creating operational international partnerships through GEOGLAM; and developing the necessary sustained funding through the G20 initiative (2013). This early contribution to GEOGLAM will continue NASA¿s leadership in GEO and increase the availability of NASA¿s assets to the international community for monitoring agricultural drought.