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Technical Analysis Partners
Assessment Partners
April 2020
Impact of Desert Locust Infestation on Household Livelihoods and Food Security in
Ethiopia
Joint Assessment Findings
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Assessment Methodology
The Assessment covered all the seven Regions affected by the Desert Locust (DL).
A total of 29 Woredas (districts) were selected (those perceived to be worst affected).
Fifty-eight Focus Group Discussions (FGDs) were conducted.
Twenty nine key informant interviews (KII) including with local authorities were held.
A total of 1 832 household interviews were conducted.
Federal and regional government, United Nations, local and international Non-Government organizations conducted data collection. Data analysis was conducted by a multi-agency team Government (Ministry of Agriculture (MoA), National Disaster Risk Management Commission (NDRMC), (Technical NGOs - Save the children, and FEWSNET), Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO) and World Food Program (WFP).
Limitations
A total of 29 Woredas of the 153 affected by DL as of early February 2020 were sampled. More sampled Woredas in Somali and Oromia could have been much better. To fill the gaps in all Woredas that were not assessed, government experts advised on how the assessed areas best represents the situation in Woredas not visited.
Due to a systematic error in the electronic questionnaire, data on the impact of DL on household practicing mixed farming was not captured. This gap was filled with results from KII and FGDs.
Data from one market per region were used to estimate impacts on market prices and Terms of Trade.
Key Findings for Livelihoods Communities estimated pasture damage of around 50
percent. However, remote sensing products only shows a small decrease in pasture in March 2020 in the areas around Somali and Eastern Oromia that have suffered continuous DL attacks.
The DL caused an estimated cereal loss of 3 562 856 quintals (356 286 MT) affecting about 806 400 farming households, 197 163 hectares of cropland and 1 350 000 hectares of pasture and browse.
Key Findings for Food Security
The proportion of households reporting poor food consumption (Food Consumption Score) has deteriorated slightly from 37 percent in August 2019 to 41 percent of in Feb 2020.
The quality of household diet (Dietary Diversity Score) has worsened slightly in February 2020 (3.07) against 3.45 in August 2019.
The average Coping Strategies Index showed an increase from August 2019, demonstrating frequent use of consumption coping strategies and an indication of worse food security situation.
There was an increase in the proportion of households using emergency livelihoods coping strategies from 22 percent in August 2019 to 49 percent in February 2020, particularly in Oromia, Somali, Amhara and Afar regions.
An estimated 25 percent of households were relying on markets for food, and cereal prices had increased soon after harvest by about 50 percent from last year.
There were negative Terms of Trade in Afar, Somali and Oromia regions-mainly because of very high cereal prices. There is a sign of lower cereal stock against stagnant or falling livestock prices.
There were stagnating livestock prices - a bad sign given that year-on-year inflation stood at 25.1 percent in February 2020. The sale of livestock will likely erode the resilience of livestock keepers.
Majority of the assessed households either had no or very limited cereal food stock barely a month after completing Meher harvest.
Due to DL invasion and damage on crops and pasture, the Household Economy Analysis (HEA) using Livelihood Early Assessment and Protection – Livelihood Impact Analysis Sheet (LEA-LIAS) interface platform shows that 976 381 people should be included in the emergency food assistance plans.
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Map of Assessment Area
Recommendations
Develop a response strategy to cater for the additional humanitarian needs, aimed at safeguarding livelihoods and meeting food gaps because of the DL invasion.
Strengthen DL Early Warning and Preparedness including supporting regional governments to set up a functional DL Task force to develop a contingency plans.
Timely information sharing and response. Work closely with the regional bureaus to ensure timely supply of
equipment and chemicals to respond to DL invasions promptly as well as information on the extent of damage and loss.
Build additional capacity to support DL control within government and communities.
Ensure healthy pipeline for consistency of humanitarian assistance to the existing caseload in the context of the
COVID 19.
Conduct a comprehensive food security and Nutrition Survey in June 2020, to produce Integrated Food Security Phase Classification (IPC) analysis on the impact of DL, seasonal food insecurity and impact of COVID-19, and associated food and livelihoods assistance requirements.
Explore options for conducting IPC analysis in spite of the social distancing requirements due to COVID 19.
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Impacts on Agriculture and Livestock Production
The DL damaged pasture and browse for animals
Figure 1 shows March 2020 pasture and browse condition depicting a slightly worse situation in areas invaded by the DL compared to the other areas that were not invaded especially in parts of Somali, Oromia regions. Community members, however, estimated a significant reduction in pasture availability of 50 percent or more in - Somali (61%), Afar (59%), Oromia (31%), Dire Dawa (35%), Southern Nations, Nationalities, and Peoples' Region (SNNPR) (22%) and Amhara (28%) compared to normal situation prior to the invasion of the locusts. Most of these areas received adequate Karan and Deyr rains in 2019 that came after a prolonged dry spell. These rains led to substantial improvement in pasture and browse availability that would sustain the existing demand over the dry season. Nevertheless, the DL invasion reduced availability of pasture and browse conditions.
Crop Loss due to Desert Locust
Figure 2. Estimated Cereal Loss (quintals)
Figure 2 shows that DL has damaged different crops
but the worst affected was cereal especially
Sorghum where 113 639 hectares were affected
followed by maize (41 341 ha) and wheat (36 188
ha). Oromia was worst affected with total cereal
loss of 1 228 352 quintals (122 835 MT) on 41 051.4
hectares of cropland. Somali region experienced
the second largest cereal crop loss of 1026 132
quintals (102 613 MT) on 90 076 ha of cropland.
Tigray region was third with 843 241 quintals (84
324 MT) lost on 40 577 ha of land. In Tigray, a
significant loss was also due to post-harvest losses.
Afar region lost 202 882 quintals (20 288 MT) from
4421 ha and SNNPR lost 134 420 quintals (13 442
Region Total Cereal Lost Maize Sorghum Wheat Barely Vegetable Total
Afar 202 882 3 633 175 614 0 453 4 874
Amhara 96 780 0 15 430 0 0 15 430
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Oromia 1 228 352 3 813 32 238 5 000 0 41 051
SNNP 134 420 1 748 2 410 0 0 4 158
Somali 1 026 132 30 000 41 271 18 805 0 90 076
Tigray 843 241 1 847 20 956 11 769 6 005 40 577
Grand Total 3 562 856. 41 341 113 630 36 188 6 005 453 197 615
Desert Locusts destroyed bush and grazing areas
Figure 1: NDVI for 03 Dekad of March
2020
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MT) from 4 158 ha. Dire Dawa and Amhara lost a
total of less than 100 000 quintals (10 000 MT) In
Afar, Somali, SNNPR and Oromia vegetables,
legumes, chat, coffee and fruits also affected.
Increased expenditure for animal feed
Cattle keepers in Afar and Somali regions indicated they were spending a significant portion of their income from livestock sale not only to purchase their
own food but also to purchase supplementation for their animals especially the draught animals like camels, donkeys and shoats.
Loss in household incomes
In Afar region, communities in Eli Dar Woreda reported that DL consumed the date palms that is used for making mats for the traditional Afar traditional house – a major livelihood activity for
women. Estimated incomes are likely to reduce from about 7 500 Ethiopian Birr last year to around 2 700 Ethiopian Birr this year.
Impacts of Food Security
Food Consumption Score (FCS)
Food consumption data was collected and analyzed using the standard methodology: the variety and frequency of different foods and food groups consumed over a seven-day recall period was recorded to calculate a weighted Food Consumption Score. Weights were based on the nutritional density of the foods. Standard cut-points or thresholds were established to enable the analysis of trends and to provide a benchmark for success. Households are then classified as having either ‘poor’, ‘borderline’ or ‘acceptable’ consumption based on the analysis of the data.
Households classified as having ‘poor’ food
consumption based their diet on cereals on a daily
basis and vegetables four days per week. This is
considered a bare minimum and is generally
regarded as a sign of extreme household food
insecurity. Households with ‘borderline’
consumption are eating the equivalent of cereals
and vegetables on a daily basis plus oils/fats and
sugar/sugar products about five and three days per
week respectively. Only households classified as
having ‘acceptable’ consumption were having,
along with daily intake of cereals, vegetables, oil
and sugar, on some day(s) consumption of items
with high concentration of proteins: animal
products, (meat, eggs and milk/dairy consumed on
average 2 days/week, fish 1 day/week) and pulses
(average two days/week).
Food consumption indicators for February 2020
were compared with those collected in August
2019 and used in the Nov 2019 IPC analysis.
Households with poor consumption increased in all
the seven regions assessed. Overall, food
consumption deteriorated slightly at the time of
the assessment, with 41 percent of interviewed
households having poor food consumption in
February 2020 when compared to 37 percent in
August 2019 (Figure 3).
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The highest proportion of households with poor
consumption was found in the in Afar region where
91 percent of households had poor consumption at
the time of the assessment (February 2020),
compared to 58 percent in August 2019. This was
followed by Somali region, where proportion of
households reporting poor food consumption
increased from 46 percent in Aug 2019 to 52
percent in Feb 2020. In Oromia region, the
proportion of households reporting poor food
consumption increased from 38 percent in Aug
2019 to 50 percent in Feb 2020. The proportion of
households with borderline consumption increased
in SNNPR, from 32 percent in October 2019 to 39
percent in February 2020, while for Amhara and
Tigray, a reduction of the proportion of households
with poor consumption was noted. For instance, in
Amhara (from 29 percent in Aug. 2019 to 11
percent in February 2020) and in Tigray (from 5% in
August 2019 to 3% in Feb. 2020).
The Food Consumption Score breakdown by
Woreda, showed similar results. For example, all
interviewed households in the assessed four
woredas in Afar region reported a high level of poor
food consumption.
In Oromia, a relatively high proportion of
households in Goro Gutu (65%), Teltele (64%),
Gursum (48%) and Dubluk (47%) reported poor
food consumption during the seven days prior to
the date of the interview. Likewise, In the Somali
region, a high proportion of households with poor
food consumption was reported from Shilabo
(87%), Kabridahar (80%) and Tuliguled (45%). In
the SNNPR, a relatively higher percentage of 40
percent reported poor food consumption as
compared to the other assessed Woredas.
The deterioration by February a major concern
especially in the crop-producing areas where the
data collection period was in post-harvest season.
The consumption pattern and food security
situation should have been better during February
as compared to August, which is a lean season for
the cropper and the dry season for the southern
pastoralist. Therefore, though it is difficult to
attribute the deterioration in food consumption to
DL impact alone, it is an indication that the
infestation might have contributed to the
deterioration of food consumption in the assessed
areas.
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Household Dietary Diversity Score (DDS) A Dietary Diversity Score (DDS) is a proxy indicator for measuring household food access. It is meant to reflect, in a snapshot form, the economic ability of a household to access a variety of foods. It shows the number of different food groups consumed over a given reference period. The DDS is an important proxy indicator due to a more diversified diet is highly correlated with such factors as caloric and protein adequacy, percentage of protein from animal sources (high-quality protein), and household income.
Overall, 63 percent of the interviewed households in the assessed areas consumed three or fewer food groups during the seven days prior to the date of the interview - Figure 5. A higher proportion of households in Afar region (97 percent) consumed three or fewer food groups followed by assessed areas in the Somali and the Oromia regions, 74 percent each. The assessed areas in the Tigray region, with 20 percent of households consumed three or fewer groups followed by Dire Dawa (29%)
and Amhara (39%) had a relatively lower proportion of households that consumed three or fewer food groups during the seven days prior to the date of interview.
The breakdown at Woreda level showed that almost all interviewed households in the assessed four Woredas in Afar region reported consuming
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three or fewer food groups during the seven days prior to the date of the interview - Figure 6. In Oromia region, a relatively high proportion of households in Goro Gutu (95%), Teltele (91%), Gursum (88%) and Dubluk (87%) reported that they consumed three or fewer food groups. Similarly, in the Somali region, a high proportion of interviewed households in the five Woredas out of six reported
that a high proportion of households consumed three or fewer food groups. Interviewed households in Malle (SNNPR) and Werebabo (Amhara) also reported a high proportion of households consumed fewer food groups as compared to other households in the assessed woredas.
Reduced Coping Strategies (rCSI). The rCSI measures the stress level a household is facing when exposed to food shortage by assessing the frequency of adoption of five food-related coping mechanisms, as well as their relative severity. The higher the reduced coping strategy index, the severe the household stressed. The average rCSI showed an increase in February 2020 from August 2019, indicating that households were practicing more frequent use of consumption coping strategies. The highest rCSI was registered in Amhara (17.44) followed by the assessed areas in the Somali region (17.42) and then the Oromia region with 17.19 scores.
The disaggregation of data by Woreda level showed that most of the households in the assessed Woredas in Amhara, Oromia and Somali regions had higher rCSI indicating that interviewed
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households in these Woredas are relatively more stressed as compared to the others - Figure 8. In contrary to the other indicators, the rCSI was low for the interviewed households in the Woredas in the Afar region. This could be related to the
respondent households’ perception of these coping mechanisms as normal and indication of chronic food insecurity, there is need to further study the reason behind the exceptionally low rCSI.
Frequency of Employing Consumption
Based Reduced Coping Strategy
Limiting the portion size of meals and relaying in less preferred food were the two rCSI more frequently used by the interviewed households, followed by reducing consumption by an adult member of the household for children to consume during the seven days prior to the date of interview. Borrowing food or cash was a less frequent strategy. The frequency of practicing these strategies was more frequent in Amhara followed by the Oromia and Somali regions. The higher the frequency of use of restricting consumption by an adult member of the household for children to consume shows the severity of the stress at the household level and deterioration in the food security situation.
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Figure 9: Frequency of practicing reduced coping strategies in the last 7 days
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Livelihood Based Coping Strategies The Livelihood Coping Strategies (LCS) indicator is derived from a series of questions regarding the household’s experience with livelihood stress and asset depletion during the 30 days prior to the date of the interview. All strategies are classified into three broad groups, including stress, crisis, and emergency strategies. Households engaging in routine economic activities that did not involve any of these strategies would be considered equivalent to food secure on this indicator. The LCS helps to assess longer-term household coping and productive capacities and their future impact on access to essential needs, including food, shelter, health, education, etc. Responses are used to understand the stress and insecurity faced by households and describes their capacity regarding future productivity. The February 2020 assessment shows an overall increase in the proportion of households experienced the use of emergency livelihoods coping strategies. Up to 49 percent of the interviewed households experienced emergency coping strategies during the 30 days prior to the
assessment (in February 2020) whereas approximately 22 percent experienced the same during the 30 days prior to the date of the interview conducted in August 2019 - Figure 10. Except for assessment areas in Dire Dawa and the Somali regions, the higher proportion of the remaining areas had been practicing emergency livelihood coping strategies. This shows that some areas in a better food security situation are under stress, depleting their assets and their long-term food security could be compromised if there will not be an intervention.
Frequency of Employing Livelihood
Coping Strategies in the last 30 days Selling more animals, reducing expenditure on
livestock and agricultural inputs, consuming seed
stocks and selling breeding animals were the
strategies employed more, in descending order -
Figure 11. Seed consumption and selling breeding
animals are emergency coping strategies that the
households do as a last resort. The use of these
indicators during the 30 days prior to the date of
the interview is at the higher side to the
expectation and needs further assessment
especially under the condition of ongoing
humanitarian assessment. Given the assessment
includes area dependent on pastoralism, the
adoption of sale of more productive animals and
reduction of expenditure on livestock and
agricultural inputs crisis coping strategies is
concerning. Households under moderately high
levels of food stress practice these types of coping
mechanisms are practiced when the.
A comparison of areas covered by the assessment
showed that households in Afar, Amhara, Oromia,
and Somali regions were practicing more of the
severe LCS during the 30 days prior to the date of
the interview more frequently. This is despite the
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better weather performance in 2019 except for Afar region that received below-average rain during the main
rainy season.
Proportion of households with
Cereals in Stocks (Self-reported) In general, approximately 72 percent of the
interviewed households had cereal stocks
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period (self-reported) - Figure 12. A
comparison of assessed areas showed that
areas in Tigray had better stock during the
assessment period followed by the SNNP and
the Amhara regions. Overall, there were
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Figure 12: Proportion of households with Cereals in Stocks (Self-reported)
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sold household goods/assets to be able to buy food
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Figure 11: Livelihoods Coping Stragies - Frequency Of Use Last 30 Days
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The main sources of reported stocks were own
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Figure 13. A relatively higher proportion of
households (17%) in the Somali region
reported the cereal stocks were sourced from
humanitarian assistance followed by the Afar
and the Dire Dawa (rural) as compared to the
other regions. Some households reported that
they were depending on precarious sources
such as gifts and other unspecified sources
which can easily fall in case of shocks. More
households’ dependency on market,
especially in the rural areas also leads to food
insecurity in case market is not functioning
well; and the assessment results show early
move to market as sources of cereals in some
of the assessed areas.
The interviewed households reported on how
long their current cereal stocks would last.
Accordingly, approximately 42 percent
reported that the stock they had during the
survey was expected to last in less than a
month - Figure 14. Out of those who reported
having cereal stocks, a higher proportion of
interviewed households in the Amhara, the
Tigray and the SNNP regions reported having stock to last for a relatively long period of time - two to three
months. These are cropping areas that had expected to have stocks that last longer at this period of the year.
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Afar Amhara Dire Dawa Oromiya SNNP Somali Tigray
Figure 13: Main Sources of Cereal Stocks
From Humanitarian food distribution Gifts Markets other (specify) Own production
27% 25%34%
15% 11%17.7
11%
13%19% 22%
35%
14%
39% 19.3
17%
7%
3% 6%
13%
3%
32%
8.2
18%
1%
51% 47%
18%
67%
18%
41.5
Afar Amhara Dire Dawa Oromiya SNNP Somali Tigray Total
Fgure 14: Duration Cereal in Stocks Expected to Last
Enough for 1 month Enough for 2-3 months Enough for 4+ months Less than one month
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There are many humanitarian and development
interventions in the assessed areas, but the
coverage varies as per the perception of the
households interviewed. Health service is a widely
available intervention and a higher proportion of
interviewed households indicating the availability
of health intervention. The assessment did not
tackle quality and the capacity. General food
distribution, livestock-related interventions, and
farmers' training services were the intervention
reported by a quite significant proportion of
households interviewed during the assessment -
Figure 15. Households in Somali (51%), Afar (50%)
and Dire Dawa (41%) reported availability of
general food distribution in their areas,
respectively.
Markets
Staple food prices and Terms of Trade (ToT)
Overall, 25 percent of households were relying on
markets for food at the time of assessment. Terms
of Trade is an important measure of food security
especially for communities that rely on other
incomes to buy food. The Terms of Trade of a goat
to maize refers to the amount of maize from the
market that the income from a single goat can
purchase.
- 0.50 1.00 1.50 2.00
Mar May Jul Sep Nov Jan Mar May
2019 2020
Goat to 100kg Maize TOT Gode Market
5Y-Average Current Year
Last year
In all analyzed markets located in all the livestock
dependent areas namely: Assayita market in Afar,
Chiro market in Oromia, Gode market in Somali
showed that livestock prices were stable despite
the increasing inflation which stood at 25.1
percent in February 2020 compared to same time
last year while the food prices had risen
significantly.
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The assessment looked at the quantity of cereal
that a goat can purchase and made a comparison
of how this had changed compared to previous
year and previous five years. The largest fall was in
Assayita market where year on year loss of 36
percent was recorded. The prices of maize in
Gode, one of the major markets in Somali region,
goat to maize ToT remained 13 percent lower than
the last five years and the last year, despite an
increase in goat price. The situation at Woldia
market (Amhara), however, showed a favorable
Terms of Trade for goat keepers by 29 percent.
This was because of a significantly higher rise in
prices of goats compared to that of cereals. In
Mehoni market (Tigray), the Terms of Trade was at
the same level as the previous year, albeit,
showing a declining trend. Overall, market-
dependent pastoralists were disfavored by a high
increase in cereal prices.
Additional Food Assistance Needs
Figure 16 shows the estimation of additional food
needs based on HEA analysis using LEAP-LIAS
interface platform based on the following
assumptions:
Reported crop and pasture/browse losses by community members during assessment.
FEWS NET market price and Terms of Trade analysis.
The assumption that the reported crop and browse losses in regions and market projections were representative of all DL affected Woredas in the region.
The analysis shows that the additional number of individuals requiring humanitarian food assistance is 976 381 due to impacts of the DL. IPC update analysis was postponed due to COVID 19 so the numbers cannot be compared with the last IPC numbers. These numbers are further broken down by Woreda.
More humanitarian food assistance needs are in Somali and Oromia, regions that experienced larger crop loss according to MoA. However, the result for Oromia was combined with Dire Dawa in the HEA analysis process although the two were assessed separately.
100,921 43,612 72,394
358,356
13,368
387,731
976,381
0
400,000
800,000
1,200,000
purchase as compared to the previous year was recorded in Afar where a year on year loss of 36percent in TOT was recorded.
• In Somali a reduction in TOT of 13percent (goat for maize) was recorded.
• In Oromia, a 9percent fall in TOT as observed at Chiro market.
• Even where prices of goats have increased slightly, the rate on cereal significantly outstripped that of goats.