Burundi Acute Food Insecurity Classifications for 2021 and 2022

Burundi's geographic data on acute food insecurity classifications, produced by FEWS NET. The dataset likely contains IPC-compatible phase classifications for administrative areas. It is available for the years 2021 and 2022 in KML and GeoJSON formats.

Use Cases

• Mapping food insecurity severity across Burundi's administrative units based on IPC classifications.
• Analyzing year-over-year changes in acute food insecurity from 2021 to 2022.
• Integrating classification data with other geospatial layers for vulnerability analysis.
• Informing targeted food assistance and resource allocation decisions.

Strengths

• Data is produced by FEWS NET, a specialized and authoritative source on food security.
• Available under a permissive CC-BY-4.0 license for broad reuse.
• Covers two consecutive years (2021 and 2022), enabling temporal analysis.

Limitations

• Column names and specific attributes are not documented in the provided metadata.
• The 'last updated' metadata field (2026) appears to be a system artifact and does not reflect actual data currency.
• Exact spatial resolution (e.g., admin level) is not specified.

Provenance

Source

FEWS NET (Famine Early Warning Systems Network).

Collection Method

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Time Range

2021-2022

Freshness

Data covers 2021 and 2022; metadata timestamps are system artifacts.

Geography

Burundi