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GIEWS Workstation


Background

The effectiveness of international response to potential or actual food shortages or famine crises partly depends on reliable and timely information being available in a usable format.

The GIEWS Workstation proposes a decentralized, web-based, geo-referenced information management solution that facilitates the collection and sharing of harmonized and standardized food security data. It also provides a number of data analysis tools designed specifically to process multisectoral information in a variety of formats.

The application is based on a modular structure and open-source technology to ensure its adaptability and allow its free distribution. More...

GIEWS Workstation features

> A multidisciplinary database structure.

> GIS mapping and data analysis software tools.

> A data exchange module that enables data sharing between the various workstations installed in different countries (workstation "nodes").

 
 
 

What is Early Warning?
The provision of timely and effective information, through identifying institutions, that allow individuals exposed to a hazard to take action to avoid or reduce their risk and prepare for effective response.
UN - ISDR, 2003
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> European Programme for Food Aid and Food Security
> Global Information and Early Warning System (GIEWS)
> FAO Food Security Statistics
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The EC-FAO Food Security Information for Action Programme is funded by the European Union and implemented by the Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations
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