In this episode of “Through the Human Geography Lens”, hosts Terri Ryan and Gwyneth Holt sit down with Kiersten Johnson, the Team Leader for the Famine Early Warning System Network (FEWS Net), Risk Analysis Division, within USAID’s Bureau for Humanitarian Assistance.

00:45  What is the Famine Early Warning System Network?

https://fews.net/

04:55  What kinds of data are collected and by whom?

07:35  Access to the raw food security data within the FEWS Net Data Center

https://fews.net/data

07:55  Food Security Integrated Phase Classification definitions

https://fews.net/IPC

08:55  FEWS Net Administrative Boundaries and Livelihood Zones

https://fews.net/fews-data/335

11:45  Remote Sensing Imagery Tiles and partner data portals on the FEWS Net data site

https://fews.net/fews-data/336

12:50  UC-Santa Barbara Climate Hazards Center hybrid satellite and ground reference datasets

https://www.chc.ucsb.edu/monitoring

https://www.chc.ucsb.edu/data

13:30  Acute Food Insecurity forecasting and establishing Famine criteria

15:20  Challenges: Collecting the data needed to make a famine determination

16:35  The impact of current conflicts (and other variables) on global food security

18:35  Fertilizer availability and the implications for future harvests

20:30  FAO Global Food Price Index

https://www.fao.org/worldfoodsituation/foodpricesindex/en/

20:55  Assessing the short-term food security impact of the war in Ukraine

21:50  Multi-factorial food insecurity over the coming years

22:55   What’s giving you hope?

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