El Niño-Linked Rainfall Deficits Threaten Ethiopia's Main Harvest Season, Accounting for Over 85 Percent of National Crop Production

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[Addis Standard] Addis Abeba -- Historically poor rainfall linked to El Niño is threatening Ethiopia's main harvest season (Meher), with below-average crop production expected after rainfall deficits exceeded 50% of average across much of the country, according to the Famine Early Warning Systems Network (FEWS NET).