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?
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
07:55 Food Security Integrated Phase Classification definitions
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
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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