Malawi Acute Food Insecurity Classifications from FEWS NET, 2011

Malawi food security data from the Famine Early Warning Systems Network (FEWS NET) for 2011. The dataset provides acute food insecurity classifications and is available in multiple formats, including GeoJSON and CSV. It was last updated on 2026-03-26 and is published under a CC-BY-4.0 license.

Use Cases

• Mapping acute food insecurity levels based on FEWS NET classifications
• Analyzing spatial patterns of food security across Malawi
• Integrating food security classifications with other geospatial data for risk modeling
• Tracking historical food security conditions for a specific year

Strengths

• Data is provided in multiple interoperable formats, including GeoJSON, CSV, and KML
• Published under a permissive CC-BY-4.0 license
• Sourced from the authoritative Famine Early Warning Systems Network (FEWS NET)

Limitations

• Column-level documentation is absent; field semantics must be inferred after download
• Row count is unknown, which may limit suitability assessment
• Data is specific to a single year (2011), limiting temporal analysis

Provenance

Source

FEWS NET

Collection Method

Likely contains classifications derived from integrated analysis of food security indicators.

Time Range

2011

Freshness

Last updated 2026-03-26 09:06:04.629275; freshness should be verified

Geography

Malawi