Published April 2003
LGVN Humanitarian - Ethiopia

April, 2003 Ethiopia is facing its worst famine since the mid 1980's

Compelling evidence indicates that people are entering pre-famine conditions worse than in 1984, when 1 million people died of hunger in Ethiopia. Widespread livestock deaths and crop failures through drout are causing severe food shortages. FEWS NET is reclassifying the current food crisis in Ethiopia as an emergency. 11.3 million people will require over 1.4 million metric tons of food aid. An additional 3 million people require close monitoring. Parts of Afar, Tigray, Amhara, Oromiya and Somali Regions have reached the stage prior to famine, defined as an extreme collapse in local availability and access to food that causes a widespread rise in mortality from outright starvation or hunger-related illness. Actions taken now by the Ethiopian Government and donor agencies will determine whether these pre-famine conditions can be mitigated over the next several months -- or develop into a full-fledged famine.

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