Mozambique Food Security Indicators from mVAM Mobile Surveys

The World Food Programme's mVAM project collects high-frequency food security data using mobile technology. This dataset contains indicators from Mozambique, supporting real-time humanitarian decision-making. The data is licensed under CC-BY-3.0-IGO.

Use Cases

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

Strengths

• Data is collected via mobile technology, enabling high-frequency and real-time tracking
• Data collection methods are tailored to country needs, suggesting contextual relevance
• The dataset is provided by the World Food Programme, an authoritative humanitarian organization

Limitations

• Column-level documentation is absent; field semantics must be inferred after download
• Row count is unknown, which may limit suitability assessment
• Freshness should be verified; last updated metadata indicates 2026-05-07

Provenance

Source

WFP - World Food Programme

Collection Method

Mobile Vulnerability Analysis and Mapping (mVAM) surveys

Geography

Mozambique