{"id":277317,"date":"2019-05-28T15:56:55","date_gmt":"2019-05-28T19:56:55","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/news.google.com\/articles\/CBMiYGh0dHBzOi8vd3d3LmV6ZWdhLmNvbS9OZXdzL05ld3NEZXRhaWxzLzcxMTkvTXVjaC1vZi1FdGhpb3BpYS10by1FeHBlcmllbmNlLUJlbG93LU5vcm1hbC1SYWluZmFsbNIBAA?oc=5"},"modified":"2026-09-24T11:27:37","modified_gmt":"2026-09-24T15:27:37","slug":"ezega-said-much-of-ethiopia-faced-a-below-normal-rainfall-outlook","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/mereja.com\/index\/277317","title":{"rendered":"Ezega said much of Ethiopia faced a below-normal rainfall outlook"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>In May 2019 Ezega reported that climate guidance pointed to below-normal rainfall across much of Ethiopia, raising worry for farmers heading into the main growing season.<\/p>\n<img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" height=\"780\" width=\"780\" class=\"aligncenter size-large wp-image-219692\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/mereja.com\/index\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/05\/Ethiopian-forests.jpg?fit=780%2C780&#038;ssl=1\" alt=\"Ezega said much of Ethiopia faced a below-normal rainfall outlook\" \/>\n<p>Dry forecasts matter in a country where rain-fed agriculture still feeds most households and where weak rains quickly show up as food-price and power-generation stress.<\/p>\n<p>Seasonal outlook wires are easy to forget once the rains arrive or fail, so keeping the May 2019 alert preserves a dated climate checkpoint.<\/p>\n<p>Kept as climate and agriculture archive, the Ezega rainfall note marks one pre-season warning for Horn food security readers.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Sources:<\/strong> <a href=\"https:\/\/www.ezega.com\/News\/NewsDetails\/7119\/Much-of-Ethiopia-to-Experience-Below-Normal-Rainfall\">Ezega<\/a><\/p>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Much of Ethiopia to Experience Below Normal Rainfall&nbsp;&nbsp;EzegaMay 28, 2019 (Ezega.com) &#8212; Much of Ethiopia will experience increased likelihood of drier than normal rainfall from June to September 2019, the 52nd Greater &#8230;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":30,"featured_media":219692,"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-277317","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\/2018\/05\/Ethiopian-forests.jpg?fit=707%2C392&ssl=1","jetpack_shortlink":"https:\/\/wp.me\/p9NivD-1a8R","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/mereja.com\/index\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/277317","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=277317"}],"version-history":[{"count":2,"href":"https:\/\/mereja.com\/index\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/277317\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":754951,"href":"https:\/\/mereja.com\/index\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/277317\/revisions\/754951"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/mereja.com\/index\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/219692"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/mereja.com\/index\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=277317"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/mereja.com\/index\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=277317"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/mereja.com\/index\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=277317"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}