Certainly a subsistence-based way of life will no longer support as many as it did and certain parts of the Horn are likely to face food deficits for the foreseeable future. The people of the Horn need to take what is best and most appropriate from modern technology and adapt it to meet their own needs. What they do not need is some outside master plan that will transform their lives without their permission and against their will. Most victims of famine and drought survive. In the Horn of Africa hunger has affected millions but most struggle on.
Starvation is a good deal more subtle than headlines and TV images imply.
Despite that, most people keep their hopes up and some are surprisingly cheerful. There is no shortage of bravery, not just in the liberation struggles against despotism but in the quiet heroism of daily survival. Pity the poor land which needs heroes . The Horn of Africa has needed more than its fair share.