README.md

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tags:
- africa
- humanitarian
- hdx
- electric-sheep-africa
- food-security
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pretty_name: "Central African Republic Most Likely FEWS NET Acutely Food Insecure Population Estimates Data"
dataset_info:
  splits:
    - name: train
      num_examples: 56
    - name: test
      num_examples: 14
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# Central African Republic Most Likely FEWS NET Acutely Food Insecure Population Estimates Data

**Publisher:** FEWS NET · **Source:** [HDX](https://data.humdata.org/dataset/central_african_republic_most_likely_fewsnet_fipe) · **License:** `cc-by` · **Updated:** 2026-04-01

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## Abstract

Central African Republic Most Likely FEWS NET Acutely Food Insecure Population Estimates Data from 2019

Each row in this dataset represents first-level administrative unit observations. Temporal coverage is indicated by the `projection_start`, `projection_end` column(s). Geographic scope: **CAF**.

*Curated into ML-ready Parquet format by [Electric Sheep Africa](https://huggingface.co/electricsheepafrica).*

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## Dataset Characteristics

| | |
|---|---|
| **Domain** | Food security and nutrition |
| **Unit of observation** | First-level administrative unit observations |
| **Rows (total)** | 71 |
| **Columns** | 44 (10 numeric, 27 categorical, 7 datetime) |
| **Train split** | 56 rows |
| **Test split** | 14 rows |
| **Geographic scope** | CAF |
| **Publisher** | FEWS NET |
| **HDX last updated** | 2026-04-01 |

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## Variables

**Geographic** — `country` (Central African Republic), `country_code` (CF), `fewsnet_region` (West Africa), `admin_0` (Central African Republic), `specialization_type` and 3 others.

**Temporal** — `datacollectionperiod` (range 310323.0–344052.0), `reporting_date`.

**Outcome / Measurement** — `phase`, `low_value` (range 100000.0–500000.0), `high_value` (range 499999.0–999999.0), `value` (range 100000.0–500000.0), `phase_name`.

**Identifier / Metadata** — `source_organization` (FEWS NET), `source_document` (Food Assistance Outlook Brief), `geographic_unit_full_name` (Central African Republic), `geographic_unit_name` (Central African Republic), `fnid` (CF) and 8 others.

**Other** — `geographic_group` (Middle Africa), `indicator_abbreviation`, `projection_start`, `projection_end`, `status` and 11 others.

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## Quick Start

```python
from datasets import load_dataset

ds    = load_dataset("electricsheepafrica/africa-central-african-republic-most-likely-fewsnet-fipe")
train = ds["train"].to_pandas()
test  = ds["test"].to_pandas()

print(train.shape)
train.head()
```

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## Schema

| Column | Type | Null % | Range / Sample Values |
|---|---|---|---|
| `source_organization` | object | 0.0% | FEWS NET |
| `source_document` | object | 0.0% | Food Assistance Outlook Brief |
| `country` | object | 0.0% | Central African Republic |
| `country_code` | object | 0.0% | CF |
| `geographic_group` | object | 0.0% | Middle Africa |
| `fewsnet_region` | object | 0.0% | West Africa |
| `geographic_unit_full_name` | object | 0.0% | Central African Republic |
| `geographic_unit_name` | object | 0.0% | Central African Republic |
| `fnid` | object | 0.0% | CF |
| `admin_0` | object | 0.0% | Central African Republic |
| `phase` | object | 0.0% |  |
| `scenario_name` | object | 0.0% |  |
| `indicator_name` | object | 0.0% |  |
| `indicator_abbreviation` | object | 0.0% |  |
| `projection_start` | datetime64[ns] | 0.0% |  |
| `projection_end` | datetime64[ns] | 0.0% |  |
| `status` | object | 0.0% |  |
| `low_value` | float64 | 0.0% | 100000.0 – 500000.0 (mean 478169.0141) |
| `high_value` | float64 | 0.0% | 499999.0 – 999999.0 (mean 904928.5775) |
| `value` | float64 | 0.0% | 100000.0 – 500000.0 (mean 478169.0141) |
| `id` | int64 | 0.0% | 33126746.0 – 37183541.0 (mean 33814935.1549) |
| `datacollectionperiod` | int64 | 0.0% | 310323.0 – 344052.0 (mean 316950.4507) |
| `datacollection` | int64 | 0.0% | 325936.0 – 354564.0 (mean 331718.5493) |
| `scenario` | object | 0.0% |  |
| `geographic_unit` | int64 | 0.0% | 8014.0 – 8014.0 (mean 8014.0) |
| `datasourceorganization` | int64 | 0.0% | 1.0 – 1.0 (mean 1.0) |
| `datasourcedocument` | int64 | 0.0% | 6986.0 – 6986.0 (mean 6986.0) |
| `dataseries` | int64 | 0.0% | 6932791.0 – 6932791.0 (mean 6932791.0) |
| `dataseries_name` | object | 0.0% |  |
| `specialization_type` | object | 0.0% |  |
| `dataseries_specialization_type` | object | 0.0% |  |
| `data_usage_policy` | object | 0.0% |  |
| `created` | datetime64[ns] | 0.0% |  |
| `modified` | datetime64[ns] | 0.0% |  |
| `status_changed` | datetime64[ns] | 0.0% |  |
| `collection_status` | object | 0.0% |  |
| `collection_status_changed` | datetime64[ns] | 0.0% |  |
| `collection_schedule` | object | 0.0% |  |
| `reporting_date` | datetime64[ns] | 0.0% |  |
| `phase_name` | object | 0.0% |  |
| `population_range` | object | 0.0% |  |
| `description` | object | 0.0% |  |
| `esa_source` | object | 0.0% |  |
| `esa_processed` | object | 0.0% |  |

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## Numeric Summary

| Column | Min | Max | Mean | Median |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| `low_value` | 100000.0 | 500000.0 | 478169.0141 | 500000.0 |
| `high_value` | 499999.0 | 999999.0 | 904928.5775 | 999999.0 |
| `value` | 100000.0 | 500000.0 | 478169.0141 | 500000.0 |
| `id` | 33126746.0 | 37183541.0 | 33814935.1549 | 33128744.0 |
| `datacollectionperiod` | 310323.0 | 344052.0 | 316950.4507 | 310393.0 |
| `datacollection` | 325936.0 | 354564.0 | 331718.5493 | 325971.0 |
| `geographic_unit` | 8014.0 | 8014.0 | 8014.0 | 8014.0 |
| `datasourceorganization` | 1.0 | 1.0 | 1.0 | 1.0 |
| `datasourcedocument` | 6986.0 | 6986.0 | 6986.0 | 6986.0 |
| `dataseries` | 6932791.0 | 6932791.0 | 6932791.0 | 6932791.0 |

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## Curation

Raw data was downloaded from HDX via the CKAN API and converted to Parquet. Column names were lowercased and standardised to snake_case. Common missing-value markers (`N/A`, `null`, `none`, `-`, `unknown`, `no data`, `#N/A`) were unified to `NaN`. 7 column(s) with >80% missing values were removed: `admin_1`, `admin_2`, `admin_3`, `admin_4`, `pct_phase3`, `pct_phase4`.... 7 column(s) were cast from string to numeric or datetime based on parse-success rate (>85% threshold). The dataset was split 80/20 into train and test partitions using a fixed random seed (42) and saved as Snappy-compressed Parquet.

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## Limitations

- Data originates from FEWS NET and has not been independently validated by ESA.
- Automated cleaning cannot correct for misreported values, definitional inconsistencies, or sampling bias in the original collection.
- Refer to the [original HDX dataset page](https://data.humdata.org/dataset/central_african_republic_most_likely_fewsnet_fipe) for the publisher's own methodology notes and caveats.

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## Citation

```bibtex
@dataset{hdx_africa_central_african_republic_most_likely_fewsnet_fipe,
  title     = {Central African Republic Most Likely FEWS NET Acutely Food Insecure Population Estimates Data},
  author    = {FEWS NET},
  year      = {2026},
  url       = {https://data.humdata.org/dataset/central_african_republic_most_likely_fewsnet_fipe},
  note      = {Repackaged for machine learning by Electric Sheep Africa (https://huggingface.co/electricsheepafrica)}
}
```

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*[Electric Sheep Africa](https://huggingface.co/electricsheepafrica) — Africa's ML dataset infrastructure. Lagos, Nigeria.*