§ John BarrettTo ask the Secretary of State for International Development what steps his Department is taking to help the Government of Ethiopia avoid future food shortages. [137830]
§ Hilary BennOur Country Assistance Plan for Ethiopia, which was published in March, outlines the various methods that we are using to take forward our longer-term food strategy. We work in support of the Government's own efforts to reduce food insecurity in the framework of Ethiopia's poverty reduction strategy, the Sustainable Development and Poverty Reduction Programme.
We are working at federal and regional level in Ethiopia on key food security issues. The Ethiopian Government have themselves developed an Action Plan to address the issue of food insecurity, which we expect to be discussed at a meeting of donors and government in December.