A monthly sub-national Harmonized Food Insecurity Dataset for comprehensive analysis and predictive modeling
Abstract Food insecurity is a complex, multidimensional concept challenging to measure comprehensively. Effective anticipation, monitoring, and mitigation of food crises require timely and comprehensive global data. This paper introduces the Harmonized Food Insecurity Dataset (HFID), an open-source...
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| author | Melissande Machefer Michele Ronco Anne-Claire Thomas Michael Assouline Melanie Rabier Christina Corbane Felix Rembold |
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| description | Abstract Food insecurity is a complex, multidimensional concept challenging to measure comprehensively. Effective anticipation, monitoring, and mitigation of food crises require timely and comprehensive global data. This paper introduces the Harmonized Food Insecurity Dataset (HFID), an open-source resource consolidating four key data sources: the Integrated Food Security Phase Classification (IPC)/Cadre Harmonisé (CH) phases, the Famine Early Warning Systems Network (FEWS NET) IPC-compatible phases, and the World Food Program’s (WFP) Food Consumption Score (FCS) and reduced Coping Strategy Index (rCSI). Updated monthly and using a common reference system for administrative units, the HFID provides comprehensive spatial and temporal coverage to the extent permitted by the available data. It serves as a vital tool for food insecurity experts and humanitarian agencies, providing a unified resource for analyzing food insecurity conditions and highlighting global data disparities and gaps. The scientific community can also leverage the HFID to develop data-driven predictive models, enhancing the capacity to forecast and prevent future food crises. |
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| spelling | doaj-art-d94306800ce442a7ad96d5767ccccfcc2025-08-20T01:49:42ZengNature PortfolioScientific Data2052-44632025-05-0112111110.1038/s41597-025-05034-4A monthly sub-national Harmonized Food Insecurity Dataset for comprehensive analysis and predictive modelingMelissande Machefer0Michele Ronco1Anne-Claire Thomas2Michael Assouline3Melanie Rabier4Christina Corbane5Felix Rembold6European Commission, Joint Research Centre (JRC)European Commission, Joint Research Centre (JRC)Action Against Hunger, Regional Office for West and Central AfricaEuropean Commission, Joint Research Centre (JRC)Previously at IPC, Global Support UnitEuropean Commission, Joint Research Centre (JRC)European Commission, Joint Research Centre (JRC)Abstract Food insecurity is a complex, multidimensional concept challenging to measure comprehensively. Effective anticipation, monitoring, and mitigation of food crises require timely and comprehensive global data. This paper introduces the Harmonized Food Insecurity Dataset (HFID), an open-source resource consolidating four key data sources: the Integrated Food Security Phase Classification (IPC)/Cadre Harmonisé (CH) phases, the Famine Early Warning Systems Network (FEWS NET) IPC-compatible phases, and the World Food Program’s (WFP) Food Consumption Score (FCS) and reduced Coping Strategy Index (rCSI). Updated monthly and using a common reference system for administrative units, the HFID provides comprehensive spatial and temporal coverage to the extent permitted by the available data. It serves as a vital tool for food insecurity experts and humanitarian agencies, providing a unified resource for analyzing food insecurity conditions and highlighting global data disparities and gaps. The scientific community can also leverage the HFID to develop data-driven predictive models, enhancing the capacity to forecast and prevent future food crises.https://doi.org/10.1038/s41597-025-05034-4 |
| spellingShingle | Melissande Machefer Michele Ronco Anne-Claire Thomas Michael Assouline Melanie Rabier Christina Corbane Felix Rembold A monthly sub-national Harmonized Food Insecurity Dataset for comprehensive analysis and predictive modeling Scientific Data |
| title | A monthly sub-national Harmonized Food Insecurity Dataset for comprehensive analysis and predictive modeling |
| title_full | A monthly sub-national Harmonized Food Insecurity Dataset for comprehensive analysis and predictive modeling |
| title_fullStr | A monthly sub-national Harmonized Food Insecurity Dataset for comprehensive analysis and predictive modeling |
| title_full_unstemmed | A monthly sub-national Harmonized Food Insecurity Dataset for comprehensive analysis and predictive modeling |
| title_short | A monthly sub-national Harmonized Food Insecurity Dataset for comprehensive analysis and predictive modeling |
| title_sort | monthly sub national harmonized food insecurity dataset for comprehensive analysis and predictive modeling |
| url | https://doi.org/10.1038/s41597-025-05034-4 |
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