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Swift aid for drought affected farmers & herders needed to avoid hunger crisis
Rome & Nairobi
Over $138 million in urgent funding is needed to assist 1.5 million vulnerable people in rural communities in the Horn of Africa, whose fields and pastures have been hard hit by an extended drought, the Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO), said, as it released a comprehensive response plan calling for a range of support for agriculture in the region.