laurenemahoney/senegal-food-security

Spatial mapping of hotspots of food insecurity in Senegal using WFP VAM survey data. # Mapping Hotpots of Food Insecurity in Senegal This repository contains spatial mapping products for our analysis of spatial hoptspots of food security in Senegal as well as potential linkages with climatic drivers. This work was conducted as a part of a summer internship with the International Research Institute for Climate and Society (IRI) ACToday Senegal division in partnership with the World Food Programme (WFP) Vulnerability and Assessment Mapping (VAM) unit. ## Datasets Used: The data used in this analysis include: * WFP VAM Survey Data: Household survey data collected internmittently by various intergovernmental organizations from 2009-2019, and gathered by WFP for a Comprehensive Food Security and Vulnerability Analysis (CFSVA). Measured food insecurty by 3 Indices: the Food Consumption Score (FCS), the Food Expenditure Share (FES) and the Reduced Coping Strategies Index (rCSI); Accessed through the IRI Data Library. * Precipitation Data: ANACIM Daily timeseries dataset aggregated over department; *1981-2016*; Measured wet spells, dry spells, and rainfall onset. Reconstructed rainfall on a 0.0375 x 0.0375 lat/lon grid (about 4km) by combining quality-controlled station observations in ANACIM's archive with satellite rainfall estimates available here * Disaster Data: Flood and drought data from DesInventar available from *1993-2014*; DesInventar Dry Spell data only for 2013 and 2014 years; EMDAT from *2008- present* available here and here * Food Price Data: WFP Monthly data for the period *2000-2020* at the market level. * Food Production Data: WFP Crop yield dataset of all cereals in Senegal at the department level, for the period *1961-2013*. ## Objectives: Can WFP VAM survey data be used to understand particularized hotspots of food insecurity in Senegal, and can these hotspots be impacted by climate drivers and natural disasters? * Where are food insecure hotspots located in Senegal? In what context? * Why do these hotspots of food insecurity exist? …