Sierra Leone Food Security Indicators from mVAM Mobile Surveys

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 mVAM databank indicators for Sierra Leone.

Use Cases

• Monitor food security trends in real-time based on mVAM's high-frequency 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 operated by the World Food Programme (WFP), 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
• Last updated 2026-05-07 11:06:03.821363; freshness should be verified

Provenance

Source

WFP - World Food Programme

Collection Method

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

Geography

Sierra Leone