Acutely Food Insecure Population Estimates

Annual and outlook peak needs data

Annual peak needs data identifies the highest number of people in a country requiring urgent food assistance during the year, or any 12-month projection period. At least twice a year, FEWS NET analyzes annual peak humanitarian food assistance needs in each of its regularly monitored countries. This data is uploaded under the following source documents in FDW:

• Annual Peak Food Assistance Needs

• Annual Peak Food Assistance Needs (FEWS NET/USG Only)

Peak needs data for the Food Security Outlooks and Food Security Outlook Updates reflect the anticipated peak (the highest number of people in a country requiring urgent food assistance) during the projection period. This data is uploaded under source documents specific to each country. The naming conventions for these source documents are as follows:

• Food Security Outlook Population in Need Estimates, [country]

• Food Security Outlook Population in Need Estimates (USG, FEWS NET only), [country]

• Food Security Outlook Update Population in Need Estimates, [country]

• Food Security Outlook Update Population in Need Estimates (USG, FEWS NET only), [country]

Food Assistance Outlook Brief (FAOB) data

The FAOB template allows multiple data collections to be created from one upload: public and internal population estimates, and public and internal highest household. The associated source documents in FDW for these data collections are as follows:

• FEWS NET: Food Assistance Outlook Brief

• FEWS NET: Food Assistance Outlook Brief, FEWS NET/USG Only

• FEWS NET: Food Assistance Outlook Brief, Highest FIC

• FEWS NET: Food Assistance Outlook Brief, Highest FIC, FEWS NET/USG Only

Preparing internal and public FAOB data in the template will fall under one of the following three scenarios:

• Public and internal data values are the same:

  • Provide values in the columns for public data and leave the columns for internal data blank. FDW will ascribe the values to both the public and internal source documents. 

• Public and internal data values differ:

  • Provide values in the columns for public and internal data. FDW will separate out the data into the public and internal source documents. 

• Internal data only:

  • Provide values in the columns for internal data, and either:

    • Specify NA values in the columns for public data to include the country as not analyzed in extracts of that month’s public data, or

    • Leave the columns for public data blank if you plan to add public data at a later time. If the values are blank, the country will not be reflected in extracts of that month’s public data.

Uploading acutely food insecure population estimates

Acutely food insecure population estimates can be uploaded under the online importer and offline data upload screens.

Online imports

1. From the main toolbar, select Data entry > Import Data Points > Import Acutely Food Insecure Population Estimate Values.

2. Select the file to import and its format.

3. Click Submit.

Offline uploads

1. From the main toolbar, select Data entry > Offline data uploads.

2. Click Add data upload.

   1. File: Choose the file from your computer.

   2. Import format: Select the file format from the list.

   3. Subtype: Select Acutely Food Insecure Population Estimate Value

3. Click Save.

Offline uploads do not provide immediate feedback on the success of the upload process. Once the file has been processed, you will receive an email detailing the success or failure of your upload.