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2020

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FEWS NET Data Warehouse Knowledge Base

About the FEWS NET Data Warehouse

Using the FDW
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Conflict Maps: Sudan
Crop Assessment Dashboard
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Data Freshness Dashboard
Data Inventory Dashboard
Import Dependency Dashboard
Population Sources Dashboard
Trade Partner Dependency Dashboard
Unit Relationships Dashboard

Data Series Management
Metadata Management

Managing Data

Generic Data Management Processes

Preparing Data for Upload
Uploading Monthly and Bulk Data

Data Collection Assets Overview

Managing Data Collection Assets

Processing Data

Domain Specific Data Management

Acutely Food Insecure Population Estimates
Commodity Availability Data
Commodity Balance Data
Crop Production Estimates
Cross Border Trade
Food Security Area Classification Data
Prices

Managing Metadata

FEWS NET IDs
Shapefiles
Geographic Unit Relationships

Administration

Users and Permissions

Users and User Groups
Categorization and Permissions
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Enabling Notifications

Database Administration

FDE Home Page Links
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Recent Updates

August 2023: New Dashboard Views
July 2023: Consolidation and Visualization
March 2023: Organized maintenance
February 2023: Information where you need it
December 2022/January 2023: Efficient access
October 2022: Refreshed FDW

Agroclimatological Tools Knowledge Base Home

Introduction to FEWS NET's Agroclimatological Tools

FEWS Tools

FEWS Tools Installation

FEWS Tools Settings

Chapter 1: Overview
Chapter 2: Settings
Chapter 3: Data Management in the FEWS Tools Plugin

GeoCLIM Functions

Chapter 4: Climatological Analysis
Chapter 5: View and Explore Rainfall Summaries
Chapter 6: Climate Composites
Chapter 7: Contour Tool
Chapter 8: Calculate Long-Term Changes in Averages
Chapter 9: Background-Assisted Station Interpolation for Improved Climate Surfaces (BASIICS)
Chapter 10: Extracting Raster Statistics and Time Series

GeoWRSI Functions

Chapter 11: GeoWRSI Analysis Functions

FEWS Tools Acknowledgements

SMPG Tool

SMPG Tool Installation
SMPG Interface Overview
Preparing the data to run the SMPG
Running the SMPG
SMPG Acknowledgements

Glossary
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Create a New Report

Add Report Content

Add a Visualization
Add Key Messages
Add Section Title
Add Section Content
Linking to Standard 1-Pagers
Add Report Image
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Add an Automatic Citation
Add Endnotes

Manage Alert Display
Add a Translation
PDF Formatting
Review and Publish a Report
Troubleshooting
Example: Key Message Update
Example: Food Security Outlook Update
Example: Targeted Analysis

Standard Visualizations

Acute Food Insecurity Map
Annual Coefficient of Price Variation Bar Chart
Annual Coefficient of Price Variation Line Chart
Area of Concern Map
Commodity Import Export Annual Bar Chart
Commodity Price Change Bar Chart
Commodity Price Change Line Chart
Commodity Price Change Map
Exchange Rate Chart
HFA maps (Wheat bags)
Key Risk Drivers Map
Markets Map
Remote Sensing Map
Single Price Bulletin Chart
Single Scenario Food Insecurity Map
Terms of Trade Bar Chart
Terms of Trade vs Price Combined Chart
User Selected Remote Sensing Map

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FEWS NET Brand

About the Brand

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Interactive UI Components

FEWS NET Data Explorer Knowledge Base

Getting Started Guide

About the FEWS NET Data Explorer

Navigate the FEWS NET Data Explorer
Using the Home Page
User Profile Page

Choose a Data Domain

The Acute Food Insecurity Classifications Domain
The Acutely Food Insecure Population Estimates Domain
The Humanitarian Food Assistance Domain
The Spatial Domain
The Prices Domain
The Exchange Rates Domain
The Secondary Price Indexes Domain
The Calculated Price Ratios Domain
The Calculated Price Indexes Domain
The Trade Domain
The Crop Domain
The Nutrition Domain
The Responses Domain
The Population Domain
The Days of Work Domain
The Remittances Domain
The Demography Domain
The Other Indicators Domain

Using the Domain Pages

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Create and Save Datasets

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Preview and Export Data

About Our Data

FEWS NET API

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FEWS NET IDs
FEWS NET Extensions to the UN Central Product Classification
Season and Year Definitions for Crop Data
Geographic Unit Relationship Tables

Crop Data Submission Process
Frequently Asked Questions

Recent Updates

Software Updates

August 2025: Back Online and Ready to Explore
November 2024: Refreshed Options
October 2024: Streamlined Paths to Information
September 2024: 21,300,000 Data Points

Past Updates

August 2024: Exploring Context
June 2024: Refined Exploration
May 2024: A Clarified Workflow
March 2024: Optimizing for Ease of Use
February 2024: Added Convenience
December 2023/January 2024: Essential Capabilities

2023 Updates

November 2023: Upgraded Features
October 2023: Customize and Share with Precision
September 2023: Streamlining Your Workflow
August 2023: Improving Context
July 2023: 19,400,000+ Data Points
June 2023: Exploring Options
May 2023: Customizing Data
March 2023: Increased visibility
December 2022/January 2023: Growing and refining

2022 Updates

November 2022: New views
October 2022: More information at your fingertips
September 2022: FDE Version 2

Data Updates

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