Cameroon Acute Food Insecurity Projections: IPC Classifications 2020-2021

Cameroon's geographic data contains FEWS NET medium-term projections for acute food insecurity, classified using the Integrated Food Security Phase Classification (IPC) system. The dataset includes separate files for the years 2020 and 2021. It is intended for analysis of food security conditions and trends across the country.

Use Cases

• Mapping projected food insecurity severity based on IPC classifications
• Analyzing year-over-year changes in acute food insecurity from 2020 to 2021
• Integrating FEWS NET projection data with other geospatial layers for vulnerability analysis

Strengths

• Data is provided by FEWS NET, a specialized and authoritative source on food security
• Covers two consecutive years (2020 and 2021) for temporal comparison
• Available under a permissive CC-BY-4.0 license for broad reuse

Limitations

• Critical metadata is missing, including column names, row counts, and file sizes
• The listed 'last updated' dates (2026) are in the future, casting doubt on data currency and version control
• Descriptions are sparse, providing no detail on spatial resolution (e.g., admin level) or projection methodology

Provenance

Source

FEWS NET (Famine Early Warning Systems Network)

Time Range

2020-2021

Freshness

Last updated dates are listed as 2026-04-05, which is inconsistent and suggests a metadata error.

Geography

Cameroon