Jonathan Rivers

Head of @WFP's @mobileVAM team Using mobile technologies to reach the most vulnerable

[mVAM @mobileVAM]

#Job🚨!

📣We're looking for a food security analyst to help us scale up @WFP's near real-time food security monitoring systems - could this be you?

Apply by 23 January: https://t.co/urabIQqAfB

[Jonathan Rivers @JRiversWFP]

🚨We're #hiring! Sign up to our latest news and learn more about the #jobs available.

And if you're curious about what we mean by tracking #hunger in real-time, subscribe to receive our weekly newsletter for the latest insights and #data.

📨https://t.co/euLqpvuWUW

[mVAM @mobileVAM]

📣We're expanding our team as we work to track #hunger and its drivers in real-time - food security analysts, data scientists and developers are some of the #jobs we're hiring for.

📨To receive all the details, sign up to our 'Latest News' today: https://t.co/vdhLHZ8YaL

[Jonathan Rivers @JRiversWFP]

70% in #Madagascar's Androy, Anosy & Atsimo Andrefana use crisis or above food-based coping strategies like skipping meals or borrowing food.

AND this is on top of a year where many in these regions are already selling animals or assets to cope.

⬇️#data: https://t.co/kI1JU14yQO

[WFP VAM @WFPVAM]

We’re seeing significant #rainfall deficits in #Madagascar – w/ alerts signaling deteriorations in Androy, Anosy & Atsimo Andrefana.

Today, 1.5M people have insufficient food consumption in these 3 regions alone.

📥More info via our Newsletter, sign up: https://t.co/KlkZ56wk2r

[Jonathan Rivers @JRiversWFP]

Did you know that @WFP's #HungerMapLIVE produces a daily analysis of #hunger & its drivers, which anyone can download as a visual, PDF report?

Below is today's food security outlook in #Namibia, for example. Explore by downloading the analysis today.

[mVAM @mobileVAM]

Today, alerts signal poor rainfall/vegetation in Namibia – incl. Kunene & Ohangwena, where food security is also deteriorating.

These 2 regions now contribute to 20% of the country’s total # of people w/ insufficient food consumption.

⬇️Today’s Report:
https://t.co/zNqsAaEvRK

[WFP VAM @WFPVAM]

🚨In 15 minutes, @JRiversWFP joins @copreshub at #COP26 to share how @WFP #innovations such as the #HungerMapLIVE (which provides food security #data daily) translate early warning into early action.

📽️Tune in through the livestream @ https://t.co/7dsYmfTJHd

[mVAM @mobileVAM]

📢#Didyouknow that you can now access daily #climate outlooks & analyses from @WFP's HungerMapLIVE?

The new Climate Insights & Key Trends is a report that explores how #climate, #hunger & #conflict interlink around🌏each day.

Download the latest updates: https://t.co/TooiOj63D4

[WFP VAM @WFPVAM]

Curious to learn how @WFP leverages #data & #analytics to achieve #ZeroHunger?

We're going to be live with @tableau today, 4pm CET / 10am EDT to share lessons, opportunities & insights on how we can empower action through data.

🗓️Join the conversation👇https://t.co/30SclWhl1z

[WFP Zimbabwe @WFP_Zimbabwe]

Country Director Francesca Erdelmann speaks to @ZTNnews on the need for #climate smart solutions.

Humanitarian assistance is often the last resort.
“This is the type of support communities need when the impacts of a climate crisis is already felt.”
@WFP_Africa @WFP_Media

[Jonathan Rivers @JRiversWFP]

The #HungerMapLIVE's Insights and Key Trends has a dedicated deep dive into the impacts of #COVID19 - on #education, #market access, #food consumption and how people #cope.

It's updated daily to ensure the latest #data is available. Track it through: https://t.co/arks0AI32N

[WFP VAM @WFPVAM]

#Didyouknow that @WFP tracks the impacts of #COVID19 on #education in near real-time?

Among those monitored, here are the 90-day trends for countries with the highest percentage of children out of school due to COVID-19 closures 👇

See the #data here: https://t.co/Ow6WIu8DCN

[Jonathan Rivers @JRiversWFP]

We're also observing deteriorations in Mozambique's Gaza Province, where over half of the population have insufficient food consumption. Here, people have had to rely on less expensive food & reduce meals to cope w/ increasing insecurity.

Have a look: https://t.co/Nrjorea3nx

[WFP VAM @WFPVAM]

In #Mozambique, the incidence of conflict-related fatalities rose by 219% since Jan 2021 - mainly driven by escalating violence in Cabo Delgado, where almost 1 in 2 people now report insufficient food consumption.

For #data see @WFP's #InsightsKeyTrends: https://t.co/4Mms3FHqSJ

[mVAM @mobileVAM]

🚨 We're #hiring and looking for our next lead #data scientist!

Together, we'd work to advance how @WFP uses predictive #analytics to track #hunger in near real-time.

Learn about this #job and apply today: https://t.co/rD6gDqImkr

[Tobias Flaemig @JT_Flaemig]

Last month, inadequate food consumption in #Yemen reached 40% -> this is almost level prior to Ramadan

Trend since 2018 👇 https://t.co/8HioggLLIH

[Jonathan Rivers @JRiversWFP]

A deeper dive into the #data highlights the continued rise of insufficient food consumption in #Angola.

Today's figure of 7.2M marks an increase of 2.57 million people reporting insufficient food consumption in just 3 months. Track the situation via https://t.co/arks0AI32N🌍

[mVAM @mobileVAM]

#Droughts continue to push more people into food insecurity in #Angola.

Today's #Insights place Angola the 3rd greatest deteriorating country in household food consumption globally - now affecting 7.2 million people.

Have a look 🔍https://t.co/cr6UiTXowx

[mVAM @mobileVAM]

📢We've switched from #predictive analytics to near real-time food security monitoring in #Namibia 🇳🇦

This means that the country's #data in https://t.co/CO45JhEcQ0 is now collected #daily through @WFP's network of partners and call centres.

Here's a look into today's data 👇

[Jonathan Rivers @JRiversWFP]

Simultaneously, 72% of the population reports challenges accessing #markets in #Benin, w/ lack of money the top barrier. To cope, 5.1M uses crisis/emergency livelihood coping strategies such as reducing non-food expenses & borrowing money.

Have a look: https://t.co/0Fatk3yp4g

[WFP VAM @WFPVAM]

In #Benin, northern departments of Alibori, Atakora & Borgou are registering #vegetation anomalies.

Now, 1.8M report insufficient food consumption across these 3 departments - that's 40% of the nation's 4.5M w/ insufficient food consumption.

For #data: https://t.co/sTz5BSsvE3

[mVAM @mobileVAM]

As @WFP collects thousands of #data daily, we use a range of creative solutions to tune out the noise & ensure the quality of each data point.

In this blog👇, our leads Silvia Passeri & @Kusum_H explain how they manage quality assurance on this scale.

https://t.co/BR8idlrQaG

[Jonathan Rivers @JRiversWFP]

The incidence of #conflict related fatalities increased over the past 3 months in the Central African Republic(+131%) & Burkina Faso(+107%)

Both also rank in the top 5 globally w/ the highest prevalence of insufficient food consumption - here's the #data: https://t.co/wfcMbjmnDo

[mVAM @mobileVAM]

We're #hiring & looking for a Junior Communications Consultant to join our team as we work to oversee and expand @WFP's global hunger monitoring systems.

If you're keen to produce content & help tell the stories that the #data highlights, apply now!

https://t.co/6CiYsYIv9d

[Jonathan Rivers @JRiversWFP]

In our latest #analyses of near real-time data, we're recording deteriorations in #Colombia, as protests continue & #COVID19 cases rise.

📢Now, 11.7M report insufficient food consumption - a sharp increase of about 4M in just 1 month.

Receive the #data: https://t.co/eTTwZ5F1AJ

[Jonathan Rivers @JRiversWFP]

W/ @WFP's near real-time monitoring systems collecting #data daily, we can see exactly when #food security trends shift, as seen below.

It's important to know how outliers such as #Ramadan can temporarily mask actual food insecurity - read about it here: https://t.co/xKEubTMlv5

[WFP VAM @WFPVAM]

In @mobileVAM's latest blog, they explain the temporary impact that #outliers such as #Ramadan can have on #data. For example, here's 👇a peek into food consumption trends in #Yemen and #Syria during Ramadan last year.

Learn more about it today: https://t.co/KwBifCaG0c