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Mission Highlights Prolonged drought in 2002 caused the 2002 crop production in Eritrea to almost entirely fail. The livestock sector was also severely affected. In 2003, crop production was severely constrained by erratic rains starting late and ending early. Although…

OVERVIEW During October and November, all food security indicators in Sool Plateau continued to deteriorate and FSAU nutritionists followed up on reports of increasing malnutrition in areas hosting newly displaced households. The capacity of households to maintain…

Assessment Mission: 23 September - 27 September 2003 By François Piguet 1. Introduction and background The mission's major objectives were to assess the humanitarian situation in Arsi zone, Oromiya Region, following the first good rainy season after three years of rainfall deficit.…

Executive summary Save the Children (UK) held a training in the "Household Economy Approach" to food and livelihood security assessments for staff from national and international NGOs and government agencies (the latter on behalf of the ZimVAC) from September 29th…

HIGHLIGHTSDeyr Rainfall Largely Fails in Central and Northern Regions : An unfavourable start of the Deyr Season looks likely to fail in northern and central Somalia. Such a failure would have serious implications for pastoral populations.…

Rains which normally start at the beginning of October have not started yet in most of the Somali Region, raising major concerns for the condition of the highly vulnerable pastoral people of the Somali Region. The 'Deyr' rains are overdue…

ABSTRACT The IDP population in Gulu District, Northern Uganda is currently food insecure. The majority of households depend on WFP food rations for survival. Incomes, economic activity, access to land and natural resources have reduced greatly even since last year. The…

OVERVIEW The recent release of an FSAU Focus on the food security situation following the major harvest, identified some populations throughout the country that are in a particularly vulnerable situation at present. Nutrition surveillance on these populations…

Water harvesting - experiences in Amhara and Tigray Assessment Mission: 30 Sept -13 October 2003 By Hugo Rämi, UN OCHA - Ethiopia 1 Introduction: Ethiopia is rich in water In many respects water is the most crucial element in the lives…

1. Executive SummaryObjectives of the Post Gu Food Security Outlook: Assessment of agricultural and pastoral conditions following the main Gu rainy season Identification and analysis of key factors influencing food security Projection of food security outlook through the next…