Development in Phases

KDW Data Warehouse is on constant development.

Phase I: Focused on Prices

With Prices available functionalities, the system can gather prices from commodities and products in all existing markets from over 36 developing countries in the world. It is thanks to collecting this data that we can conduct the relevant analysis for KDW purposes.

Phase II: Focused on Surveys

With Survey available functionalities, the system can gather data deriving from surveys to provide indicators results from over 36 developing countries in the world. This phase has been focusing on Nutrition and Crop Production indicators and data.

Phase III: Focused on Cross Border Trade

This phase is complete. This functionality is useful for all types of trade, including maritime. Cross Border Trade works like for Data Series in Prices. You can create Data Sets to compare trends; you can Import, Export and Download Quantity Values, as well as use Cross Border Trade Data Series for different data analysis purposes. Bear in mind you have Price functionalities for Cross Border Trade, such as Charts and Table formats in the system to visualise data.

Overall approach

This involves developing crosscutting applications that will be useful for more than one component within the Data Warehouse. So far the spatial application has been developed for mapping the data in situ. Flexible metadata settings have been built to gather the data consistently in time and space. A schedule process is in place. In addition there is a workflow process so that Field Offices and the Home Office can work efficiently and effectively.

The overall aim is to deal with data from the following sectors components:

  • Population

  • Relief needs estimates and actual deliveries

  • Market Prices (complete)

  • Agricultural Production (complete)

  • Nutrition (complete)

  • Cross Border Trade (complete)

  • Livelihoods

  • Others

The set up in the interface is laid out within a structure that is in constant evolution. This means that KDW is at its innovation stage. Therefore your constructive remarks whilst using the system, are very valuable information you can provide when reporting on the usefulness and functioning of the system in place. Particularly, you can be helpful when making comments about issues you may encounter with the data you are dealing with as well as when you are reporting other issues with the Help Desk.