# East Africa Food Security Outlook, October 2021 to May 2022 - Ethiopia | ReliefWeb

> The FEWS NET East Africa Food Security Outlook projects severe food insecurity to persist into 2022 in Ethiopia, South Sudan, Somalia, Yemen, Sudan and Kenya. Conflict, multi-season drought and floods are the main drivers, with high malnutrition in conflict areas.

- Date: 2021-12-15 · published 2021-12-15T12:00:00.000Z
- Category: geopolitics · region East Africa · magnitude low
- Page: https://feedsoft.ai/events/43516-east-africa-food-security-outlook-october-2021-to-may-2022-ethiopia-reliefweb
- Commodities: [Corn](https://feedsoft.ai/c/CORN.md), [Soybeans](https://feedsoft.ai/c/SOY.md), [Wheat (SRW)](https://feedsoft.ai/c/WHEAT.md), [Palm Oil](https://feedsoft.ai/c/PALMOIL.md)

## Why it matters

Humanitarian food needs in East Africa add to import demand for grain and feed, but the effect on global feed prices is small because the region's purchases are modest and largely funded by aid.

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## Sources

- reliefweb.int: https://reliefweb.int/report/ethiopia/east-africa-food-security-outlook-october-2021-may-2022

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