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Ethiopia: IPC Acute Food Insecurity Analysis October 2020 – September 2021, Issued December 2020
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ETHIOPIA
8.6 MILLION PEOPLE FACE HIGH LEVELS OF ACUTE FOOD INSECURITY DUE TO COVID 19, DISPLACEMENT AND HIGH FOOD PRICES
The 2020 IPC Belg and Meher analysis has analysed a larger rural population of 53 million people compared to 41 million in the 2020 Belg analysis. The increase in population is due to additional areas from Meher dependent areas added to the previously analysed population.
In the analysis period of October to December 2020, about 8.6 million people are facing high levels of acute food insecurity (IPC Phase 3 or above). The Meher analysis covers 17 administrative zones which were further subdivided into three to six fairly homogeneous woredas based on geographic proximity, livelihoods and coping, meteorological drought analysis and rainfall patterns; and which have been food insecure at least three years prior. The analysis covers a total analysed rural popu