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Single Scenario Acute Food Insecurity Map

The Single Scenario Acute Food Insecurity visualization is a map that displays either the Current Situation, Near Term projection, or Medium Term projection for a given collection date.

Creating a Single Scenario Acute Food Insecurity Map

Use the following guidelines to create and modify a Single Scenario Acute Food Insecurity Map.

1. Select primary parameters

Collection date: Specify the collection date for the scenario you want to display. The collection date corresponds to the first day of the month that begins the projection period. For example, selecting a collection date of October 1, 2025 will filter data for the Current Situation, Near Term projection, and Medium Term projection of the October 2025 Food Security Outlook projection period.

Scenario: This field allows you to choose between the Current Situation, Near Term projection, and Medium Term projection.

Select Current Situation when building this visualization for the current acute food insecurity outcomes section of a Food Security Outlook report.

Choose from one of the following options:

Select a country: Select the ISO 3166-1 alpha-2 two letter code to build a visualization for a country.

Select a geographic group: Select the FEWS NET country group code to build a visualization for a region. A list of country group codes can be pulled from the FEWS NET API.

Click Generate to view the chart.

Saving the visualization

After generating the Single Scenario Acute Food Insecurity Map, you can save it to your account for future reference using the Save visualization button in the upper right side of the page. Enter a Title and Description in the popup and click Save visualization. You can access saved visualizations from the Visualizations tab in the top header.

Interacting with the Single Scenario Acute Food Insecurity Map

You can interact with the Single Scenario Acute Food Insecurity Map in the following ways:

  • Click on a Geographic Unit to view its Integrated Phase Classification history.

  • Use the Zoom buttons to zoom in and out of the map.

  • Click the Full Screen icon to open the map in full screen.

  • Click the Download icon to the right of the visualization title to access the following options:

    • Download PNG: Downloads the current selection from the timeline as a static image PNG file with FEWS NET and USG logos.

    • Download CSV: Downloads the data used for the visualization as a CSV file.

Use the Copy link button to copy the URL of the data visualization. The link can be used to open the data visualization in a new tab or window, and the parameters can be added or edited directly within the URL.