Towards establishing early warning systems for food security in the horn of Africa

Abstract

THE HORN OF AFRICA includes the countries of Burundi, Eritrea, Ethiopia, Kenya, Rwanda Sudan, Tanzania, and Uganda. This sub-region covers an area more than 6million km2 with a population in excess of 160 million people. Greater parts of a number of some of the countries in the sub-region are either semi-arid or arid. The principal agricultural countries are Burundi, Ethiopia, Kenya, Rwanda, Sudan Tanzania and Uganda, countries whose main economic activities are dependent on agriculture.