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    Ethiopia Food Security Country Brief 2011
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    Throughout the country maize and wheat (white) prices have shown an increasing trend since December 2010. Nominal maize price may soon approach the level observed in 2008. Different agencies are concerned over an alarming hunger and very high undernurishment with an estimated 2.8 million people requiring food assistance in 2011. The eastern and south-eastern pastoralist and agro-pastoralist parts of country are facing serious water shortages which have resulted in deteriorating food secu rity conditions. The Government is supporting the population through safety nets and food assistance programmes.
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    Ethiopia Food Security Country Briefs, June-August 2010 2010
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    Cereal prices are steady or declining in recent months, however they remain high compared to historic levels. Border tensions have not decreased. Moreover floods have damaged crops and affected people's livelihoods. An estimated 5.2 million people still depend on emergency food assistance and agencies agree on a severe situation of high hunger in the long term. The Government continues to support producers and vulnerable people through safety net programmes; in addition it has lifted the e xport ban on sorghum and maize.
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    Staple food prices have registered a sharp decrease in recent months in local markets mainly thanks to good harvests. The political situation is not critical and the country is slowly recovering from the floods which caused extensive losses and damages between July and September. Food security conditions are estimated to be generally good throughout the country, however IFPRI Hunger Index depicts an alarming hunger problem. The government is procuring grain through the National Securit y Reserve Management Company to build up stocks.

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