mVAM: Zimbabwe Food Security Indicators from Mobile Surveys

The World Food Programme's mVAM project uses mobile technology to collect high-frequency food security data. This dataset contains various indicators for Zimbabwe, supporting real-time humanitarian decision-making. The data is provided under a CC-BY-3.0-IGO license.

Use Cases

• Monitor real-time food security trends 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 data collection methods

Strengths

• Data is collected via mobile technology, enabling real-time tracking
• Collection methods are tailored to the specific needs of the 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

Freshness

Last updated 2026-05-07 11:05:46.596400; freshness should be verified

Geography

Zimbabwe