Ethiopia: Second Half of the Year to See Increased Humanitarian Need

Insufficient rain during the last short (Belg) rainy season of February to May this year has unexpectedly changed the humanitarian need context in Ethiopia, reports Relief Web, one of the biggest humanitarian portals in the globe.

Despite optimistic forecasts at the beginning of the year, increasing water and pasture shortages were reported in parts of the country, leading to deteriorated livestock production and productivity, deepening food insecurity and rising malnutrition, the report said. The Belg harvest is expected to be significantly less than the projection in the 2015 Humanitarian Requirements Document (HRD).

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