Mapping food security and development: From Yemen Atlas to Yemen Spatial

Perrihan Al-Riffai

International Food Policy Research Institute

IFPRI-IFAD Workshop on “Decreasing Vulnerability to Conflict in MENA through Rural Development”; Sanaa, Yemen; 9 April 2013

Yemen Food Security Atlas 2010

• desktop application developed in the context of the National Food Security Strategy (NFSS)

Arab Spatial

• online application developed with IFAD at regional level

Next steps: towards Yemen Spatial, to be developed

Outline

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The Yemen Digital Food Security Atlas (DFSA) • A source of information for policy makers and the public (on a CD)

• Contains about 200 maps on food security, trade, health, agriculture etc.

• A tool to conduct simple food security analysis

Arab Spatial: An online database and web-mapping tool with more than 150 food security and development-related indicators

Arab Spatial Development and Food Security Atlas

Arab Spatial: What is Special? Based on consistent conceptual framework of food

security

http://www.ifpri.org/sites/default/files/publications/ifpridp01166.pdf

• Online

• Dynamic over time (e.g. conflict)

• Zoom in function (e.g. Aswan High Dam)

• Download of maps and metadata (.shp & .csv)

• Others

www.arabspatial.org

Difference from Yemen Atlas

Dynamic features Example: conflict in Sudan

Zoom in-out Example: Aswan High Dam

Next steps Yemen Spatial

• Based on the Yemen Atlas

• Updated data

• Additional data

Collaboration between IFPRI, IFAD, GoY and others

Launch of Yemen Spatial early 2014

Geo-tagging projects and surrounding areas for project M&E

Location of population centers, local markets, and health facilities in Bajil District

Source: Own representation based on 2004-05 HFS data and CSO (2004)