Malawi Food Security Indicators from mVAM Real-Time Monitoring

mVAM mobile technology tracks food security trends in real-time, providing high-frequency data for humanitarian decision-making. The World Food Programme (WFP) launched this project in 2013, beginning in DRC and Somalia. This dataset contains data from the mVAM databank covering various indicators for Malawi.

Use Cases

• Monitor food security trends in real-time based on high-frequency mobile data collection
• Support humanitarian decision-making based on vulnerability analysis and mapping indicators
• Analyze country-specific food security needs based on tailored mVAM data collection methods

Strengths

• Data is collected via mobile technology, enabling real-time tracking
• Project is run by the World Food Programme, a major humanitarian organization
• Data collection methods are tailored to the needs of each country

Limitations

• Column-level documentation is absent; field semantics must be inferred after download
• Row count is unknown, which may limit suitability assessment

Provenance

Source

WFP - World Food Programme

Collection Method

Mobile Vulnerability Analysis and Mapping (mVAM) project using mobile technology

Freshness

Last updated 2026-05-07 11:06:14.342618; freshness should be verified

Geography

Malawi