Global Humanitarian Assistance (GHA) [to 9 January 2016]

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Global Humanitarian Assistance (GHA) [to 9 January 2016]
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Food insecurity, Ethiopia
Report Synopsis
Date: 2016/01/06
On 5 January 2016 we responded to a funding alert for food insecurity in Ethiopia. Overall there are 10.2 million people in an emergency food security situation caused by drought; there are 7 million people in Belg (short rainy season)-dependent areas and 5.1 million people in need of Belg season seeds.

According to the UN Office for the Coordination of Humanitarian Affairs (OCHA)’s Financial Tracking Service (FTS), donors have committed/contributed US$560.8 million of humanitarian assistance to Ethiopia since the start of 2015. Agriculture was one of the least funded sectors in Ethiopia in 2015, receiving just 0.7% of total humanitarian funding (US$4.1 million). Approximately US$0.4 million was allocated to the distribution of seeds to vulnerable households (according to project descriptions on UN OCHA’s FTS).

Read our full analysis of the current funding situation.