FEWS NET’s Food Security Outlook reports for January to June 2015 are based on the following regional assumptions:
Seasonal Performance
The remainder of the October-to-February Xays/Dadaa rains over coastal areas of Djibouti and northwestern Somalia are likely to be near average.
The February-to-May Belg rains in the northeastern highlands, central and eastern Oromia, and Southern Nations, Nationalities, and Peoples’ Region (SNNPR) in Ethiopia are expected to be near average in terms of cumulative rainfall and to have a normally timed start of the rains.
The March-to-May rains in Rwanda, Burundi, and northwestern Tanzania are likely to be near average in terms of cumulative rainfall and to have a normally timed start of the rains.
The March-to-May rains in the eastern Horn of Africa are likely to be near average in terms of cumulative rainfall and to have a normally timed start of the rains.