Food Security Portal: a clearinghouse of data, tools, and a policy network for Food security

Maximo Torero , Sara Gustafson, and Soonho Kim International Food Policy Research Institute (IFPRI)

Results were from basic keywords search.*source- https://sites.google.com/site/g8opendataconference/home

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Data

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Agricultural Land (% of total area)Agriculture Value Added

Calorie Supply Per Capita, Crops EquivalentCalorie Supply per Capita, Livestock Equivalent

Children Undernourished (%)Commodities Futures Data

CountriesCPI

External Debt (% of GNI)Foreign Direct Investment (Current $US) )

GDP (current $US ) S)

Global Hunger Index x Global Inflation Dataset t

GNI per Capita (current $US)Maize ExportsMaize Imports

Maize PricesMaize Production

National Poverty Rates (%)Population

Population DensityPrice

Population Undernourished (%)

Receipts of Food Aid (cereals)RegionsRice ExportsRice ImportsRice PricesRice ProductionSoybean ExportsSoybean ImportsSoybean Production Under 5 Mortality Rate (per 1,000) Unemployment Weekly Commodities Prices Wheat ExportsWheat ImportsWheat PricesWheat ProductionWorld Commodity PricesWorld Maize PriceWorld Oil PriceWorld Rice PriceWorld Soybean PriceWorld Wheat

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Tools

Excessive Food Price Variability Early Warning System

http://www.foodsecurityportal.org/policy-analysis-tools/excessive-food-price-variability-early-warning-system

http://www.foodsecurityportal.org/hard-wheat-price-volatility-alert-mechanism

http://www.foodsecurityportal.org/commodities

Food Security Media Analysis (FOMA) System

This tool uses sophisticated linguistic and semantic object network-mapping algorithms to analyze the relationships between key terms found in media articles that influence commodity price volatility.

http://www.foodsecurityportal.org/policy-analysis-tools/food-security-media-analysis-foma

Food Security Media Analysis (FOMA) System

http://www.foodsecurityportal.org/policy-analysis-tools/food-security-media-analysis-foma

Policy dialogues & Networkways to create policy influence

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Food Security Challenges

Open data Open tools

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Food Security

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