FEWS NET Acute Food Insecurity Projections for Malawi

FEWS NET provides geospatial data classifying acute food insecurity for Malawi in 2015 and 2019. The dataset contains near-term projections based on the Integrated Food Security Phase Classification (IPC) framework. The original FEWS NET Data Warehouse source is noted as unavailable, and the datasets have been archived.

Use Cases

• Mapping projected food insecurity severity across Malawi based on IPC classifications.
• Analyzing changes in food security conditions between 2015 and 2019.
• Integrating geospatial food insecurity data with other layers, such as climate or market data, for risk assessment.

Strengths

• Data is provided under a permissive CC-BY-4.0 license.
• Cross-platform presence on HDX indicates recognized importance for humanitarian data sharing.
• Uses the standardized IPC framework for food security classification.

Limitations

• Critical metadata is missing, including column names, row counts, and file sizes.
• The original source (FEWS NET Data Warehouse) is described as unavailable, raising questions about data provenance and updates.
• The 'last updated' metadata dates are in the future (2026), indicating potential system errors or placeholder values.

Provenance

Source

FEWS NET

Collection Method

Likely derived from the FEWS NET Data Warehouse, which is currently unavailable.

Time Range

2015, 2019

Freshness

2026-04-05 10:47:43.380211

Geography

Malawi