Recent reports from Ethiopia indicate that famine has again struck the pastoral population of the south. A year ago an article in Nature made the case that the collection of objective information in droughts is of the first importance in planning relief operations. The London Technical Group has undertaken the design and conduct of such surveys in Ethiopia and elsewhere. In this article Julius Holt, John Seaman and John Rivers of that organisation discuss their observations made on the pastoralists and farmers of Harerge Province, South-east Ethiopia, in mid-1974 after the first wave of drought. They comment on the failure of relief efforts to prevent death and disruption when the rains again failed.
- Julius Holt
- John Seaman
- John Rivers
