Drought-hit Ethiopia needs money for seeds as rains begin

By Katy Migiro NAIROBI (Thomson Reuters Foundation) - Millions of Ethiopians, hit by the country's worst drought in 50 years, need seeds to plant food crops and animal fodder during the current spring rains, the Food and Agricultural Organization (FAO) said on Monday. Planting for the March to May rains, known as the belg, is already delayed, it said, as families have eaten their seeds or exhausted them through successive failed plantings. "FAO urgently needs $13 million by the end of March