Ensuring Food Security- Ethiopia

Conflict

The Northern Region experiencing
extreme food insecurity is called Tigray
and it was the site of internal conflict with
militants in Ethiopia in 2021

Food/Aid deliveries by the US & UN to Northern Ethiopa have been suspended due to food theft

Tigray was left in ruins after the conflict

Chronic instability in the Horn of Africa

Relations between Somalia and Ethiopia
are worsening

Food insecurity has increased since 2019

Covid increased food insecurity

The need for food assistance has increased
by 70% since the last food crisis in 2017

Food insecurity is continuing
to increase

Food insecurity is concentrated
in the horn of Africa

Food insecurity is more
prevalent in rural areas

Nature to Human

Climate change is making it difficult to
produce enough food for the population

Rising temperatures make
plants lose water faster

More water is necessary to produce
the same amount of crops

Severe drought causes
a loss of livestock

Poor soil health makes it
difficult to grow enough
food for everyone

Human to Nature

Poor farming practices such as: over-
fertilisation, farming on a slope,
and over-grazing

Poor soil health

Deforestation is occurring to make
more farmland

Political

Armed conflict: the number of severely
malnourished children entering hospitals doubled when a war broke out between Ethiopa and Eritrea in 2020

Ethiopa houses many refugees and internally displaced people

Economic

Cost of living: rising inflation makes it harder
to afford food

Lack of funding: International support organizations lack enough funding to provide food to all of those that are malnourished in Ethiopa

Environmental

Climate Change has heightened the amount
of droughts and floods in Ethiopia

Severe drought is impacting crop growth making it so enough crops cannot be grown to support the population