FAO/WFP Crop and Food Security Assessment Mission to Ethiopia

Author(s)
Zappacosta, M., Weatherson, J. & Poe, C.A.
Publication language
English
Pages
43pp
Date published
17 Apr 2012
Type
Research, reports and studies
Keywords
Environment & climate, Food and nutrition, Food security
Countries
Ethiopia
Organisations
World Food Programme (WFP)

 

An FAO/WFP Crop and Food Security Assessment Mission visited Ethiopia from 31 October to 26 November
2011 to estimate the 2011 main meher season cereal and pulse production; review the 2011 secondary belg
season harvests; forecast the 2012 belg season production; assess food security trends in 2011; and project
food assistance requirements for the 2012 marketing year (January/December). Accompanied by experts
from the Ministry of Agriculture and Rural Development (MoARD), the Central Statistics Authority (CSA) and
by one observer from the Joint Research Centre of the European Commission (EC-JRC), the Mission
mobilized seven teams and visited, over a period of 18 days, 62 zones and special woredas (districts)
covering all the grain producing regions and the marginal areas.