Liberia Acute Food Insecurity Classifications For 2016

Geospatial data classifying acute food insecurity levels across Liberia for the year 2016. The dataset was produced by FEWS NET (Famine Early Warning Systems Network) and has been archived on the HDX platform. It contains geographic boundaries and associated classification labels.

Use Cases

• Map historical acute food insecurity classifications across Liberia's administrative units using the geospatial boundaries.
• Analyze the spatial distribution of food insecurity severity levels for 2016 as defined by FEWS NET.
• Correlate the 2016 classification data with other geospatial layers, such as rainfall or crop yield maps, for that year.
• Use the geographic features as a base layer for time-series comparisons with more recent food security assessments.

Strengths

• Data is provided in standard geospatial formats (GEOJSON, KML) for direct use in GIS software.
• Contains authoritative FEWS NET acute food insecurity classifications for a specific year.

Limitations

• The dataset is archived and its source Data Warehouse is unavailable, preventing verification or updates.
• The temporal coverage is limited to a single year (2016), making it stale for current analysis.
• Specific metrics like row count, column details, and spatial resolution are unknown.

Provenance

Source

FEWS NET (Famine Early Warning Systems Network).

Collection Method

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Time Range

2016

Freshness

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Geography

Liberia