Six months before the devastation hit, Ethiopians and Americans started moving food aid into place. The State Department did not respond to requests from NPR for comment about its decision to end and then restart FEWS NET. Still, the decision to resume FEWS NET is taken as a good sign by those in the field. “But in the absence of the IPC and in the absence of FEWS NET, we don’t have good enough data and intelligence. Experts worry that without information from FEWS NET, aid organizations aren’t able to target food where it’s needed most.