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Due to security activities in the Somali Regional
State trade and the movement of agro-pastoral people
in Warder, Degahabur and Gode zones has been limited
and the inhabitants of rural areas have been cut off
from the main chain of food distribution.
Given the fact that majority of the people in those
particular parts of the region are pastoralists who
essentially make their living from selling livestock
and livestock products with which money they trade
cereals and other basic commodities, the limit of
movement imposed on some of this area has
exacerbated the supply chain of food items very
severely.
The effort to reach the affected area in the region
last month with commercial food has not met the
satisfaction level of the inhabitants. Dispatching
food either through the military convoy or the
Disaster Prevention and Preparedness Agency in these
zones will not alleviate the worsening food shortage
any bit; it could make a token gesture of sympathy,
though. The continued restriction of movement would
cut off the routine chain of income of the agro
pastoralists on the one hand, and worsen further the
already food insecure population in those areas of
the region, on the other.
Until the restriction has come to an end, the relief
food supply should be consistent and increase in
volume to match the actual needs of a pastoral and
agro pastoral population.
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