1 impact of the 2004 belg harvest and gu rain in pastoral areas on food availability disaster prevention preparedness commission a u g s t early warning system report ews 2 table contents page executive summary 3 introduction 9 part one performance season prospects crop dependent 10 tigray region amhara 12 oromiya 15 4 southern nations nationalities peoples snnpr 18 two main rainy 21 afar somali 24 lowland bale zones 27 borena 29 5 south omo 31 annex affected population requirement from august to december by woreda 33 glossary local names short rains february march june july national azmera tigrai tsedia mid end september tgrai birkads traditional deep water wells chat mildly narcotic shrub grown as cash dega highlands altitude 2500meters deyr