Madagascar Acute Food Insecurity Projections for 2019

FEWS NET provides geographic data on acute food insecurity classifications for Madagascar in 2019. The dataset includes medium-term projections and is archived in GEOJSON and KML formats. The FEWS NET Data Warehouse source is currently unavailable.

Use Cases

• Map projected acute food insecurity classifications across Madagascar's administrative units for 2019.
• Analyze spatial patterns of food insecurity risk using the provided geospatial boundaries and classification labels.
• Integrate FEWS NET's 2019 projection data with other geospatial layers like rainfall or crop health for correlation studies.

Strengths

• Data is provided in two standard geospatial formats: GEOJSON and KML.
• Released under a permissive CC-BY-4.0 license for broad use.

Limitations

• The underlying FEWS NET Data Warehouse source is unavailable, limiting data verification and updates.
• Dataset is archived and specific metrics like row count, column details, and sample size are unknown.
• Temporal coverage is limited to the single year 2019, offering no time-series analysis.

Provenance

Source

FEWS NET (Famine Early Warning Systems Network).

Collection Method

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Time Range

2019

Freshness

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Geography

Madagascar