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Within the FEWS NET Data Explorer (FDE), humanitarian sector components are represented as Topics containing one or more subtopics. A subtopic is a grouping of data that contains a collection of data series. Topics and subtopics are organized to unify and consolidate data based on metadata consistencies and sector relationships. For example, data on relief needs estimates and actual deliveries are included within the Responses topic.

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Topic	Description of data
Food Security Classification	Includes various data related to food security such as: Acute Food Insecurity Classifications: IPC compatible scale and scenario indicators on food insecure populations globally or for specific geographic locations Acutely Food Insecure Population Estimates: IPC compatible phase and scenario indicators of food insecure populations Humanitarian Food Assistance: Data used as an indicator to identify famine and determine the severity of food security and nutrition crises This data is compatible with the Integrated Phase Classification (IPC) system.
Spatial	Geographic admin boundary information along with shapefiles, population estimates, and demography estimates, including male/female and age/gender breakdowns
Markets and Trade	Includes a variety of data related to markets and trade such as: Product prices and product market information (e.g., product source and product cost data at market and country level) Interbank, government, secondary rate, and auction exchange rates Consumer price indices and other price indices not calculated by FEWS NET Price Ratios and Indexes calculated from FEWS NET system data Trade import and export data between source and destination countries at border points for various product types
Crop Production	Crop cultivation and harvest attributes (e.g., area harvested, planted, quantity produced, yield)
Agroclimatology	Data related to normal and extreme weather such as heat and rainfall
Nutrition	Health and nutrition indicator information (e.g., mortality rate, disease prevalence, death rate)
Emergency Responses	Cost and quantity of interventions in a given geographic area by various operators, including aid agencies
Population and Demography	Includes a variety of data related to markets and trade such as: Population-related information (e.g., census data: population calculations, estimates, and percentages) Population counts and breakdowns by age and gender from officially published population estimates Migration flows Indicators such as Sustainable Development Goals (SDG)