Posted by The Ethiopia Observatory (TEO)
by Fews.net Food Assistance Outlook Brief
This video version of FEWS NET’s Food Assistance Outlook Brief for April 2016, which projects humanitarian assistance needs in October 2016, shows:
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* 30 of the 34 countries that FEWS NET covers will have significant populations in Crisis (IPC Phase 3) or worse food insecurity
* El Niño, conflict, and macroeconomic issues are the primary drivers of food insecurity
* El Niño is dissipating but a transition to La Niña, which brings a different set of concerns, is more likely by the end of 2016
* Ethiopia, South Sudan, Sudan and Yemen are the countries with the greatest needs
* Severe and extensive drought in Southern Africa has significantly reduced crop production
