This Archive contains shapefiles for FEWS NET Food Security Outlook for:

WA = Western Africa
EA = Eastern Africa
SA = Southern Africa
CA = Central Asia
LAC = Latin America and the Carribean

It was last updated on November 14, 2013. The classification used is IPC V2.0 Compatible, aimed to address acute food insecurity.

The two shapefiles represent the two analytic periods:

xx201304_ML1	Most likely food security outcome for October-December 2013
xx201304_ML2	Most likely food security outcome for January-March 2014

Where xx is one of the region codes listed above. Within the shapefiles, the food security outlook is contained in a field named as ML1 or ML2 according to the outlook period. The code itself is the IPC phase. Two additional codes are used:

66 = water
88 = parks, forests, reserves
99 = missing data (usually urban centers).

FEWS NET uses a scenario development method to evaluate the most likely scenario for acute food insecurity outcome up to 6 months ahead. This methods involves making best assumption on key drivers of food security, including agro-climatic performance, markets and trade, etc. This is a best estimate of likely food security outcome and should not be taken as a firm prediction. FEWS NET re-examines the assumptions each month and updates the outlooks when appropriate.

The IPC_Legend.lyr file is provided for reference. It contains the official color schemes for IPC (Integrated Phase Classification).

For more information, please contact info@fews.net
