HIGHLIGHTS
U.S. Senate staff delegation visits USAID-supported programs in Oromiya
Relief actors distribute 80 percent of planned emergency seed supplies for meher planting season
KEY DEVELOPMENTS
Field reports from USAID/FFP staff indicate that areas of Afar, Amhara, Oromiya, and Tigray regions have received delayed and intermittent June-to-September kiremt rainfall to date, although some drought-affected lowland areas of Amhara are now receiving sufficient rainfall for the meher planting season.
Relief organizations had distributed approximately 83 percent of planned emergency seed supplies to the 1.7 million households targeted countrywide as of July 20. Meher planting activities will continue during the coming weeks in some areas, and efforts to evaluate 2016 emergency seed interventions are underway.
A U.S. Senate Foreign Relations Committee (SFRC) staff delegation, USAID Disaster Assistance Response Team (DART) personnel, and response partners visited USAIDsupported drought and resilience operations in Oromiya Region in late July.