# FAO Ethiopia Drought response plan and priorities in 2017 - Ethiopia | ReliefWeb

> FAO outlines a 2017 drought response plan for Ethiopia, where El Nino drought hit agriculture last year and new drought is emerging in southern pastoral areas. The agency seeks USD 20 million to support about one million households.

- Date: 2017-03-23 · published 2017-03-23T12:00:00.000Z
- Category: weather · region Ethiopia · magnitude low
- Page: https://feedsoft.ai/events/71918-fao-ethiopia-drought-response-plan-and-priorities-in-2017-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

Drought-driven livestock losses in East Africa affect local feed demand and regional import needs, but Ethiopia's scale is too small to move global feed commodity prices.

## Similar past events

| Commodity | Date | Event | 5-day % | 20-day % |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| CORN | 2026-03-26 | [Drought continues to expand in the Plains - Pro Farmer](https://feedsoft.ai/events/13007-drought-continues-to-expand-in-the-plains-pro-farmer.md) | -2.5% | -1.8% |
| CORN | 2017-02-20 | [Southern Africa Growing Season 2016-2017: Recovery Hampered by Floods and Drought? - World \| ReliefWeb](https://feedsoft.ai/events/72421-southern-africa-growing-season-2016-2017-recovery-hampered-by-floods-and.md) | +0.3% | +0.9% |
| CORN | 2018-08-24 | [FAO and WFP concerned about the impact of drought on the most vulnerable in Central America - El Salvador \| ReliefWeb](https://feedsoft.ai/events/63457-fao-and-wfp-concerned-about-the-impact-of-drought-on-the-most-vulnerable-in.md) | -0.9% | +0.4% |
| CORN | 2025-07-31 | [Corn and Soybean Drought Conditions improve - Pro Farmer](https://feedsoft.ai/events/13070-corn-and-soybean-drought-conditions-improve-pro-farmer.md) | -2.0% | -1.7% |
| CORN | 2025-12-30 | [Impact of Rain and Drought on December Grain Prices](https://feedsoft.ai/events/13822-impact-of-rain-and-drought-on-december-grain-prices.md) | +0.0% | -2.1% |
| SOY | 2026-03-26 | [Drought continues to expand in the Plains - Pro Farmer](https://feedsoft.ai/events/13007-drought-continues-to-expand-in-the-plains-pro-farmer.md) | -0.3% | -1.0% |
| SOY | 2017-02-20 | [Southern Africa Growing Season 2016-2017: Recovery Hampered by Floods and Drought? - World \| ReliefWeb](https://feedsoft.ai/events/72421-southern-africa-growing-season-2016-2017-recovery-hampered-by-floods-and.md) | -2.1% | -3.2% |
| SOY | 2025-07-31 | [Corn and Soybean Drought Conditions improve - Pro Farmer](https://feedsoft.ai/events/13070-corn-and-soybean-drought-conditions-improve-pro-farmer.md) | -0.6% | +6.1% |

## Sources

- reliefweb.int: https://reliefweb.int/report/ethiopia/fao-ethiopia-drought-response-plan-and-priorities-2017

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