Ethiopia Starvation Emergency - Worst Drought in 40 years has caused Unimaginable Hunger

Ethiopia Starvation Emergency - Worst Drought in 40 years has caused Unimaginable Hunger

--- United Nations Article ---
This is the worst drought in forty years. Millions of Ethiopians at risk from failed rains.
Around one million livestock are believed to have died in drought-affected parts of Somali Region, Ethiopia.
Ethiopia’s eastern Somali Region has been hit by three consecutive below-average rainy seasons, worsening the already deteriorating humanitarian situation for around 3.5 million people, more than half the local population.
https://news.un.org/en/story/2022/04/1116872

--- The Biggest Humanitarian Crises of 2021 ---
Countries with the most people in need of humanitarian assistance and protection in 2021
Ethiopia has 21.3 million people who are in need of humanitarian assistance, That number has increased 166% in just 1 year.
https://www.statista.com/chart/26551/the-biggest-humanitarian-crises/

--- Deadly Effects of Drought ---
Children face a grueling walk sometimes as long as 6 hours just to fetch one jerry can of water.
Thousands of livestock die.
Crops die across a country where 80% of population depends on agriculture.
In desperation, families have to sell surviving cattle at the market, but prices plummet as everyone does the same.
Families have to sell their possessions and abandon their homes to search for food and water.
2.5 million children are predicted to have to drop out of school.
52,000 children suffer from severe acute malnutrition.

--- Fews.net Article ---
Pasture and water availability are minimal, and regional government reports suggest increasing livestock deaths, low livestock milk production, and decreasing livestock values in markets. According to regional and zonal governments in southern and southeastern pastoral areas, over 2.2 million livestock died between October and mid-April. With limited access to livestock for sale, pastoralists across these areas face extreme constraints in purchasing sufficient food, leading to wide consumption gaps. Emergency (IPC Phase 4) outcomes are widespread, with some populations in Catastrophe (IPC Phase 5).
Food prices, notably for staple food and cooking oil, have significantly increased, associated with poor macroeconomic conditions and the war in Ukraine. According to the Central Statistical Agency (CSA), annual inflation in March was 34.9 percent, 14.3 points percentage higher than in March 2021. While the government is likely to continue subsidizing many imported staple foods and fuel, this is not expected to stabilize prices. While livestock prices are expected to remain near or somewhat above average due to inflationary market pressures, food prices will continue to increase, driving declining terms of trade.
https://fews.net/east-africa/ethiopia/food-security-outlook-update/april-2022

--- Gro Intelligence ---
This year’s rains were inadequate, especially for central Ethiopia. Many areas of the country obtained just 50-80 percent of their normal rainfall for those months, while several others received less than 50 percent of the seasonal norm. Crop plantings in affected areas, therefore dropped significantly. In Eastern Amhara, plantings were 60 percent below average; in Tigray, they were 48 percent below average; while in the Southern Nations, Nationalities, and Peoples’ (SNNP) region, they were 40 percent below average.
The failure of these earlier rains has a serious impact on soil and plant health, affecting and delaying crops.
https://gro-intelligence.com/insights/spotlight-on-ethiopia-drought

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