Improvements limited by the start of the lean season
KEY MESSAGES
In general, food security conditions are expected to deteriorate over the next six months due to the effects of poor rainfall and the beginning of the lean season, particularly in southeastern border areas and rural areas of Obock.
The Diraac/Soughoum season currently underway (March through May) produced short-lived heavy rains, but the outlook for the remainder of the season is not encouraging.
Supplies of water, pasture, and vegetation in coastal pastoral areas are still limited.Most pastoral households in southeastern pastoral border areas and the Obock area are experiencing Crisis levels of acute food insecurity (Phase 3, IPC 2.0) after a series of poor seasons that reduced household incomes and food production.
A shortage of natural resources and inadequate food assistance could keep these areas in Crisis for the entire outlook period.There are a number of drivers of food insecurity among poor households in Djibouti City, including constant unemployment and the decline in labor opportunities during the lean season.
The city is also expected to face water shortages as the hot season beings in June.