Affected agriculture
Map shows the number of hectares and numbers of farmers affected in agricultural development centres across the Caprivi Strip against the total population in constituencies
Strategic or operational?
Operational
Basemap, baseline or situational?
Situational
When might it be produced?
After assessment. Can be revised if better or more granular information becomes available.
Intended audience
World Food Programme (WFP)
Food and Agriculture Organization (FAO)
Government Departments (Department of Agriculture)
Civil Society, Community Organisations
Red Cross Societies
Logistics Teams
Influence on humanitarian decisions
Useful for food distribution agencies for establishing where staples, crops and livestock may be affected and understand how much food supply has been lost, and agricultural organisations in terms of what will be needed to restock or replant once disaster driver has been removed (e.g. flood).
Methods
Access to timely and accurate data is essential for a Food Security response. It is important to get the best available data although it may not always be perfect. Questions should be asked such as:
When was the data collected?
What time period does it cover?
When will it next be updated?
How accurate is the data?
Are the figure actual, estimates or projections?
What level of granularity is the data available at? What area might the data be reflected on
Is the data publicly available, are there any restrictions on publishing?
A large amount of demographic data is publicly available online but consideration should be taken of any sensitivities that may relate to this data for example ethnicity. These sensitivities may lead to a decision to not place a certain dataset on a map.
Robust information management and governance is essential when accessing, storing and visualising Food Security data. The agreed use of the data must be established and recorded from the outset.
Data
Administration boundaries
Population census
Topographic data
Roads
Rivers
Elevation
Areas of land affected
Numbers of Farmers Affected
Preferable if some values on types of crop, number of livestock that have been lost.
