Assessments

OVERVIEW This issue highlights the plight of communities affected by continued insecurity in Lower Jubba where access for humanitarian organisations continues to be a major constraint in the delivery of appropriate assistance. In the Sool Plateau, the nutrition…

Response for Wabe Shebelle River Flooding Victims in Somali regionBackground: flooding necessary and welcomed for recession agriculture The current rains in Somali region, locally known as the Gu rains, normally start in April and last up to…

The Famine Early Warning Systems Network (FEWS NET) issues periodic emergency alerts when a significant food security crisis is occurring, where portions of the population are now, or will soon become, extremely food insecure and face imminent famine. Decision makers…

Assessment Mission: 9 - 22 February 2003 By Ahmed Ali Egeh and Dechassa Lemessa, UN-Emergencies Unit for Ethiopia 1 Introduction and background Tigray region suffered from prolonged civil war and the Ethio-Eritrea border conflict being the most recent conflict that inflicted heavy…

Assessment Mission: 2 - 13 March 2003 François Piguet, Field Officer, UN-Emergencies Unit for Ethiopia 1 Introduction and background Three years of low rainfalls and poor harvests in Hararghe have spurred the UN-EUE to organize a follow-up assessment mission…

Humanitarian Community to Gear Up for Second Half of the Year The current re-assessment of food needs for 2003 in selected areas of the country is likely to bring an increase in beneficiary numbers. The DPPC and NGOs are currently…

Assessment Mission: 1 - 16 March 2003 By Abraham Sewonet, Field Officer, UN-Emergencies Unit for Ethiopia 1. Introduction and background A combination of population pressure, small land holdings, land degradation, erratic rainfall and a number of negative economic factors such as…

Summary Food security monitoring assessments conducted between January and March concur with food security projections made by various food aid agencies in December 2002. Apart from the recent arrival of returnees from Ethiopia, the food security situation is not significantly different…

Major Developments in the Drought Emergency: Emergency and Improved Seed Supply Critical for 2003 Planting Season As discussed in the January Focus on Ethiopia, both emergency seed and improved seed and other agricultural inputs supply is of paramount importance to recover…

Ethiopia: Drought Emergency Update Unusual rains in many parts of the country Unusual recent rains fell in central Ethiopia with mixed impact but mostly beneficial to water and pasture replenishment. In the north, farmers used rains to begin land preparation (South…