{"id":276753,"date":"2019-05-22T04:36:37","date_gmt":"2019-05-22T08:36:37","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/news.google.com\/articles\/CAIiEFvDERLslshSzTpiRhVCwkkqGQgEKhAIACoHCAow4OH9CjCg6_UCML_r1wU?oc=5"},"modified":"2026-09-21T11:47:18","modified_gmt":"2026-09-21T15:47:18","slug":"fews-net-warned-of-a-large-horn-food-emergency-after-failed-2019-rains","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/mereja.com\/index\/276753","title":{"rendered":"FEWS NET warned of a large Horn food emergency after failed 2019 rains"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>On 21 May 2019 FEWS NET issued an East Africa food-security alert saying the March\u2013June Gu\/long rains had stayed well below average across much of the Horn, and that emergency needs would likely grow through the second half of the year.<\/p>\n<img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" height=\"780\" width=\"780\" class=\"aligncenter size-large wp-image-434588\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/mereja.com\/index\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/02\/Ethiopia-to-export-wheat-while-there-is-domestic-shortage-Fowg4A1aIAE9vyk.jpg?fit=780%2C780&#038;ssl=1\" alt=\"FEWS NET warned of a large Horn food emergency after failed 2019 rains\" \/>\n<p>The alert expected Emergency (IPC Phase 4) outcomes in parts of northern and central Somalia and Crisis (IPC Phase 3) across southeastern Ethiopia, pastoral Kenya, and parts of southern Somalia, with peak need between July and October.<\/p>\n<p>Poor crop harvests, weak livestock body conditions, and higher local food prices were forecast to cut poor households\u2019 access to food. Agencies were told to scale up food, water, and malnutrition response immediately.<\/p>\n<p>Kept as Horn food-security archive, the May 2019 FEWS NET alert remains a dated baseline for drought cycles that still shape Ethiopia\u2013Somalia\u2013Kenya planning.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Sources:<\/strong> <a href=\"https:\/\/reliefweb.int\/report\/ethiopia\/east-africa-food-security-alert-may-21-2019\">ReliefWeb \/ FEWS NET<\/a><\/p>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>East Africa Food Security Alert, May 21, 2019 &#8211; Ethiopia&nbsp;&nbsp;ReliefWebUrgent scale-up required to address likely large-scale emergency assistance needs across the Horn of Africa. In April, FEWS NET released an alert detailing the &#8230;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":30,"featured_media":434588,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"advanced_seo_description":"","jetpack_seo_html_title":"","jetpack_seo_noindex":false,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[8],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-276753","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-ethiopian-news"],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/mereja.com\/index\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/02\/Ethiopia-to-export-wheat-while-there-is-domestic-shortage-Fowg4A1aIAE9vyk.jpg?fit=1080%2C809&ssl=1","jetpack_shortlink":"https:\/\/wp.me\/p9NivD-19ZL","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/mereja.com\/index\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/276753","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/mereja.com\/index\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/mereja.com\/index\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/mereja.com\/index\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/30"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/mereja.com\/index\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=276753"}],"version-history":[{"count":5,"href":"https:\/\/mereja.com\/index\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/276753\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":754861,"href":"https:\/\/mereja.com\/index\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/276753\/revisions\/754861"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/mereja.com\/index\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/434588"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/mereja.com\/index\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=276753"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/mereja.com\/index\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=276753"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/mereja.com\/index\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=276753"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}