The Acute Food Insecurity Population Estimates domain provides Food Insecure Population Estimates (FIPE) for specified geographic locations. It is used to identify famine and determine the severity of food insecurity and nutrition crises. This data is compatible with the Integrated Phase Classification (IPC) system.
The Acute Food Insecurity Population Estimates domain is broken into two sections:
1. Filter Data
The Acute Food Insecurity Population Estimates domain includes the following options for filtering data:
Geographic area: Filters by location of the FIPE data. This filter aggregates items into a multi-level lists (e.g., admin 1 units are aggregated into countries, which are aggregated into regions). Selecting the higher-level item in the list will automatically select all the lower-level items in the list.
Data Source Document: Filters by the name of the document used as the primary source of information or data.
Scenario: There are two scenario options available:
Best Available: Shows the current situation for all periods. Only the most recent near and medium term projections will be included.
All: Shows all scenarios for all periods, including near and medium term projections from past periods.
2. Data visualization and export
Visualize
The Acute Food Insecurity Population Estimates domain currently includes a Table visualization. The Metadata tab contains descriptions and definitions of the metadata included in the visualizations and export data.
Customize Export
The Acute Food Insecurity Population Estimates domain includes the following options:
File format: Choose from one of the available file formats. This will apply to both downloads and refreshable links.
Download as: Provides a download of a static dataset. This will export only the data series that you have selected.
Refreshable link: Connects directly to the FEWS NET Data Warehouse database server, allowing Excel, your browser, or another application to automatically fetch data from the server whenever the link is accessed.