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Viewing cable 09ADDISABABA1673, A/S CARSON DISCUSSES FOOD SECURITY IN ETHIOPIA

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Reference ID Created Released Classification Origin
09ADDISABABA1673 2009-07-15 13:37 2011-08-25 00:00 UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY Embassy Addis Ababa
VZCZCXRO8016
PP RUEHROV
DE RUEHDS #1673/01 1961337
ZNR UUUUU ZZH
P 151337Z JUL 09
FM AMEMBASSY ADDIS ABABA
TO RUEHC/SECSTATE WASHDC PRIORITY 5494
INFO RUCNIAD/IGAD COLLECTIVE PRIORITY
RUEPADJ/CJTF HOA PRIORITY
RUEWMFD/HQ USAFRICOM STUTTGART GE PRIORITY
RUEHRC/DEPT OF AGRICULTURE WASHDC
UNCLAS SECTION 01 OF 02 ADDIS ABABA 001673 
 
SENSITIVE 
SIPDIS 
 
E.O. 12958: N/A 
TAGS: EAID EAGR PHUM PGOV PREL ET
SUBJECT: A/S CARSON DISCUSSES FOOD SECURITY IN ETHIOPIA 
 
REF: (A) ADDIS ABABA 1348 
 (B) ADDIS ABABA 1556 
 (C) ADDIS ABABA 1498 
 
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SUMMARY 
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1. (SBU)  In a meeting with humanitarian community representatives, 
Assistant Secretary Johnnie Carson described the Obama 
administration's plans to promote food security by emphasizing 
agricultural development.  Participants described Ethiopia's chronic 
food insecurity and Government of Ethiopia (GoE) denials of the 
severity of the situation, noting that only a comprehensive approach 
- addressing agricultural development, climate change, population 
control, land tenure, and government regulation - will help Ethiopia 
achieve food security.  END SUMMARY. 
 
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ETHIOPIA'S CHRONIC FOOD INSECURITY 
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2. (U)  On July 7, Assistant Secretary Carson met with 
representatives of USAID, UN agencies, the UK's Department for 
International Development (DfID), CARE, Save the Children - UK, and 
Food for the Hungry International to discuss Ethiopia's food 
security needs and the Obama administration's planned shift from 
humanitarian food aid to agricultural and other development 
assistance. 
 
3. (SBU)  Attendees described Ethiopia's chronic food insecurity 
(Ref A), which is exacerbated by outdated agricultural practices, 
rapid population growth, an unstable land tenure policy, climate 
change, and myriad GoE regulatory and economic policies.  The group 
noted that Ethiopia's food needs are greater than usual this year 
owing to successive seasons of failed rains, including the failure 
of the belg (spring) rains earlier this year (Ref B). 
 
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GOE CONTINUES TO DOWNPLAY HUNGER 
--------------------------------- 
 
4. (SBU)  Despite agreement amongst the humanitarian community that 
at least 6.6 million Ethiopians are currently in need of relief food 
aid (Ref C), the GoE continues to downplay need, citing its own 
figure of 4.9 million.  (Note:  Neither of these figures includes 
the 7.5 million people currently receiving food assistance through 
the donor-funded Productive Safety Net Program.  End Note.)  The 
GoE's refusal to admit the full extent of the problem is based on 
both its fear of international embarrassment (and subsequent impact 
on security and investment) and domestic political concerns. 
Denials are also linked to the GoE's firm belief that all 
development must be directed and provided by the government. 
 
5. (SBU)  However, at the local level, there is a strong recognition 
of growing hunger.  Woreda officials, for whom hungry constituents 
are more visible, are not towing the GoE line on food need and 
requests for assistance.  This politicization of hunger breaks down 
the trust that the GoE will need to enact sustainable solutions to 
its food needs. 
 
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WHILE EMERGENCY FOOD AID IS NOT SUSTAINABLE... 
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6. (SBU)  The humanitarian organizations represented stressed that 
without a new strategy, Ethiopia's food needs will increase, owing 
to climate change and a population growth.  For both of these 
reasons, and in light of donor resource constraints, providing 
emergency food aid is not sustainable.  A/S Carson noted that the 
Obama administration's first major initiative in Africa will focus 
on sustainable agricultural development, adding that without a new 
dialogue on food security, everyone will pay a price.  Those who are 
hungry pay the greatest price, and every dollar spent to save a 
person from crisis is a dollar not spent to develop that person. 
 
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...FOOD SECURITY REQUIRES A COMPREHENSIVE APPROACH 
--------------------------------------------- --- 
 
7. (SBU)  While praising plans to focus on agricultural development, 
attendees encouraged a comprehensive approach to food security.  For 
example, climate change will have a major impact on the agriculture 
sector in Ethiopia, and plans must specifically consider that 
impact.  From a broader perspective, food security cannot be 
achieved without macroeconomic and regulatory reforms, including the 
strengthening of land tenure.  Moreover, food security cannot be 
achieved without population control - which the GoE has the 
capacity, if not the political will, to improve. 
 
ADDIS ABAB 00001673  002 OF 002 
 
 
 
YAMAMOTO