Acronyms :

 

COMESA        Common Market for Eastern and Southern Africa

CSA                Central Statistical Authority

DA                   Development Agent

DPPC              Disaster Prevention and Preparedness Commission

EC                   Ethiopian Calendar

EWC               Early Warning Committee

EFRA              Emergency Food Security Administration

EG                   Ethiopian Government

ELPA               Ethiopian Light and Power Authority

ENA                Ethiopian News Agency

ENSO              El Nino and Southern Oscillation

FAO                Food and Agricultural Organization

FDRE              Federal Democratic Republic of Ethiopia

GDP                Gross Domestic Product

GMRP             Grain Marketing Research Project

ITCZ               Inter-Tropical Convergence Zone

MoA                Ministry of Agriculture

MT                  Metric Tones

NCEW            National Committee for Early Warning

NCPC                         National Climate Prediction Center

NDPPF            National Disaster Prevention and Preparedness Fund

NDPPC           National Disaster Prevention and Preparedness Committee

NMSA             National Meteorological Services Agency

NPDPM          National Policy for Disaster Prevention and Management

RDPPB            Regional Disaster Prevention and Preparedness Bureau

RDPPC            Regional Disaster Prevention and Preparedness Committee

RRC                Relief and Rehabilitation Commission

SOI                  Southern Oscillation Index

SPNNS           Southern Peoples, Nations and Nationalities State

UN-DHA         United Nations Department of Humanitarian Affairs

UNDP                         United Nations Development Program

WDPPC          Wereda Disaster Prevention and Preparedness Committee

WFP                World Food Program

WMO              World Meteorological Organization

ZDPPC            Zone Disaster Prevention and Preparedness Committee

ZDPPD            Zone Disaster Prevention and Preparedness Department