Somalia Acute Food Insecurity Classifications for 2012-2014

FEWS NET provides geospatial data classifying acute food insecurity in Somalia for the years 2012, 2013, and 2014. The datasets are archived on HDX as the underlying FEWS NET Data Warehouse is currently unavailable. Files are available in GEOJSON and KML formats under a CC-BY-4.0 license.

Use Cases

• Mapping historical IPC (Integrated Food Security Phase Classification) phase distributions across Somalia.
• Analyzing year-over-year changes in acute food insecurity classifications from 2012 to 2014.
• Integrating historical food security boundaries with other geospatial layers for contextual analysis.

Strengths

• Data is produced by FEWS NET, a specialized and authoritative source for food security analysis.
• Provides a multi-year time series covering 2012, 2013, and 2014 for trend analysis.
• Uses the standardized IPC classification system, enabling cross-regional comparison.

Limitations

• Core technical metadata such as row counts, column names, and file sizes are unavailable from all sources.
• The data is archived and the source FEWS NET Data Warehouse is noted as currently unavailable, limiting access to updated or supporting information.
• The 'last updated' metadata dates are inconsistent and project into the future (2026), indicating potential systemic metadata errors.

Provenance

Source

FEWS NET (Famine Early Warning Systems Network)

Collection Method

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Time Range

2012-2014

Freshness

2026-04-05 10:11:15.665091

Geography

Somalia