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International Food Security

This dataset measures food availability and access for 76 low- and middle-income countries. The dataset includes annual country-level data on area, yield, production, nonfood use, trade, and consumption for grains and root and tuber crops (combined as R&T in the documentation tables), food aid, total value of imports and exports, gross domestic product, and population compiled from a variety of sources.

This dataset is the basis for the International Food Security Assessment 2015-2025 released in June 2015. This annual ERS report projects food availability and access for 76 low- and middle-income countries over a 10-year period.

Countries (Spatial Description, continued): Democratic Republic of the Congo, Ecuador, Egypt, El Salvador, Eritrea, Ethiopia, Gambia, Georgia, Ghana, Guatemala, Guinea, Guinea-Bissau, Haiti, Honduras, India, Indonesia, Jamaica, Kenya, Kyrgyzstan, Laos, Lesotho, Liberia, Madagascar, Malawi, Mali, Mauritania, Moldova, Mongolia, Morocco, Mozambique, Namibia, Nepal, Nicaragua, Niger, Nigeria, North Korea, Pakistan, Peru, Philippines, Rwanda, Senegal, Sierra Leone, Somalia, Sri Lanka, Sudan, Swaziland, Tajikistan, Tanzania, Togo, Tunisia, Turkmenistan, Uganda, Uzbekistan, Vietnam, Yemen, Zambia, and Zimbabwe.

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FieldValue
Tags
Food Security
international
Poverty
diet
nutrition
food availability
food insecurity
statistics
Internet
FAO
hunger
data collection
sociodemographic characteristics
food and nutrition programs
low-income countries
middle-income countries
crops
Trade
imports
exports
GDP
grains
root crops
tuber crops
Modified
2022-02-01
Release Date
2016-08-19
Frequency
Annually
Identifier
39d8082c-3748-493e-a6cd-6c55add19b99
Spatial / Geographical Coverage Area
POLYGON ((-95.80078125 -56.486761752491, -95.80078125 18.104087015774, -28.30078125 18.104087015774, -28.30078125 -56.486761752491))
POLYGON ((-24.78515625 -37.892195547244, -24.78515625 36.703659597195, 60.29296875 36.703659597195, 60.29296875 -37.892195547244))
POLYGON ((45.17578125 44.933696389695, 66.26953125 56.438203693582, 114.43359375 54.444491763358, 116.89453125 38.6511983323, 78.92578125 8.537565350804))
POLYGON ((77.958984375 7.6021078747029, 120.146484375 -16.573022719183, 162.509765625 -11.802834233548, 127.880859375 30.050076521699, 99.580078125 24.906367237908))
POLYGON ((-84.462890625 17.70682812402, -84.462890625 23.624394569717, -65.126953125 23.624394569717, -65.126953125 17.70682812402))
POLYGON ((26.455078125 45.506346901083, 26.455078125 48.734455371768, 30.849609375 48.734455371768, 30.849609375 45.506346901083))
POLYGON ((124.541015625 37.352692803673, 124.541015625 43.755225053069, 130.693359375 43.755225053069, 130.693359375 37.352692803673))
Publisher
USDA Economic Research Service
Spatial / Geographical Coverage Location
Afghanistan, Algeria, Angola, Armenia, Azerbaijan, Bangladesh, Benin, Bolivia, Burkina Faso, Burundi, Cambodia, Cameroon, Cape Verde, Central African Republic, Chad, Colombia, Republic of the Congo, Ivory Coast, Dominican Republic,
Temporal Coverage
January 1, 1990 to December 31, 2015
License
U.S. Public Domain
Contact Name
Bequedano, Felix
Contact Email
Felix.Baquedano@usda.gov
Public Access Level
Public
Bureau Code
005:13 - Economic Research Service
Extended Metadata: 
FieldValue
Authors
US Department of Agriculture, Economic Research Service
Peer Reviewed
No
Intended Use
Analysis of food availability, access, and security for 76 low-and middle-income countries; production of the ERS International Food Security Assessment 2015-2025 report; provide a snapshot of each country’s grain and root and tuber sectors and economic indicators.
Use Limitations
FAO receives data, of varying quality, from a wide range of countries. Much of the World Bank data included in the dataset comes from the statistical systems of World Bank member countries, and the quality of global data depends on how well these national systems perform. See http://www.ers.usda.gov/data-products/international-food-security/documentation.aspx#about
Funding Sources
Economic Research Service
Dataset DOI (digital object identifier)
10.15482/USDA.ADC/1299294
Product Type
Dataset
Related Content
International Food Security, data.gov data catalog
International Food Security dataset download page
Documentation
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OSTI Identifier
ISO Topic(s)
economy
farming
health
society
National Agricultural Library Thesaurus Term
food grains
surveys
Ag Data Commons Keywords
  • Food & Nutrition
  • Food & Nutrition
  • Nutrition
  • Plants & Crops
  • Plants & Crops
  • Socioeconomics
  • Agricultural Products
  • Agricultural Products
  • Plants
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(dataset) US Department of Agriculture, Economic Research Service (2016). International Food Security. USDA Economic Research Service. https://doi.org/10.15482/USDA.ADC/1299294. Accessed 2023-02-01.