Food aid, sharing and resilience: the role of collectivity and connectivity in drought affected pastoralist systems in Ethiopia

Study selected kebeles in Afar, Somali, and Fuldowa who had received food aid.

From:
Foreign, Commonwealth & Development Office
Published
27 February 2026
Country:
Ethiopia
Document Type:
Briefing
Theme:
Climate and Environment, Food and Nutrition and Humanitarian Disasters and Emergencies
First published:
30 November 2025
Authors:
Flintan, F., Anbacha, A. , Ebro, A. , Eba, B. and Disasa, H.

Abstract

To understand if and how pastoralists shared food aid, and if this affected their ability to cope with and recover from drought, the authors studied households in 3 purposively selected kebeles of Su’ula (Afar), Asli (Somali) and Fuldowa (Oromia) that had received food aid during the drought of 2020–2023.

This work is part of the Supporting Pastoralism and Agriculture in Recurrent and Protracted Crises  (SPARC) programme.

Citation

Flintan F and others. ‘Food aid, sharing and resilience: the role of collectivity and connectivity in drought-affected pastoralist systems in Ethiopia’. Policy Brief, London, UK: SPARC, 2025

Food aid, sharing and resilience: the role of collectivity and connectivity in drought affected pastoralist systems in Ethiopia

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