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/USAID Only

• FEWS NET: Food Assistance Outlook Brief, Highest FIC

• FEWS NET: Food Assistance Outlook Brief, Highest FIC, FEWS NET/USAID 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.