ARTICLES RELATING TO DROUGHT

US drought: Obama calls for new farm bill

2012-08-12 16:09

President Barack Obama has urged Congress to pass a farm bill that would help the agricultural sector cope with the worst drought in half a century.

Food should be priority - Zille

2012-08-04 14:11

Food security must be a majority in any country that wants to deal with the economic exclusion and poverty, DA leader Helen Zille says.

US drought woes deepen

2012-07-27 14:30

The drought in America's breadbasket is intensifying at an unprecedented rate, experts warn, driving concern food prices could soar if crops are decimated.

Millions in UK face garden hose ban

2012-04-05 18:33

Water authorities say about 20 million Britons will be banned from using garden hoses to water plants or wash cars amid worried over a drought, even as snow and rain falls across UK.

IDC grants R750m for farmer relief

2011-03-01 14:22

The Industrial Development Corporation is giving R750m to farmers affected by the recent flood and drought.

China preparing for severe drought

2011-02-09 21:35

Chinese officials are preparing for a severe, long-lasting drought in several parched provinces, causing wheat prices to spike.

Ethiopia gets £20m more from UK

2010-03-01 16:00

Britain’s international development has pledged an additional £20m to combat Ethiopia’s food crisis.

Rains fail again in E Africa

2009-12-18 09:53

Millions of people in drought-stricken East Africa face hunger and poverty after seasonal rains failed again, withering crops and drying up ponds and streams, an aid group says.

Kenya plans geothermal power

2009-11-23 17:58

Kenya needs $1.02bn in the next three years to tap its geothermal power potential, seen as an answer to over-reliance on drought-hit hydroelectric power, an official says.

Severe drought experiences

2009-10-12 10:24

Drought has left over a million people in south Sudan short of food, a development that has seen some eating herbs soaked in water.

More to go hungry in E Africa

2009-09-21 14:08

The UN says poor crop prospects, conflict and forced migration are likely to push more people into hunger in the horn of Africa this year.

Millions face starvation

2009-09-03 15:52

A sweeping drought across East Africa has left millions of people at risk of starvation, in a region plagued by increasingly erratic rainfall, humanitarian organisations and officials warn.

 

US cuts corn, soybean outlook

2012-08-10 17:26

The U.S. government says corn growers could have their worst crop in years as the harshest drought in decades takes its toll.

India prepares tough drought measures

2012-07-30 15:44

Indian ministers will meet to discuss measures to deal with a feared drought, including curbs on commodity derivatives, but are not expected to ban farm export.

US in costliest drought since 1988

2012-07-26 15:08

The drought talking hold of central parts of America is likely to cost $12bn, making it the most expensive since 1988, experts say.

Somali women refugees' rape horror

2011-07-31 20:30

Refugee Barwago Mohamud huddles silently beneath a few blankets fearing for her life after a neighbour was raped, and a naked woman who had been kidnapped and gang-raped for three days.

Snows fall in dry China

2011-02-10 06:54

Light snow has covered much of drought-hit north China, but the welcome respite was unlikely to signal the end of a severe dry spell.

Drought hits Zimbabwe

2010-05-06 11:34

Humanitarian agencies say at least two million Zimbabweans need food aid, and the figures are set to rise as a result of drought and agricultural mismanagement.

Millions starving in S Sudan

2010-02-02 19:08

The number of hungry people in southern Sudan has quadrupled since last August to some 4.3 million because of conflict and drought, the UN says.

Limpopo farmers get drought aid

2009-12-03 15:37

Farmers in drought-stricken Limpopo, where at least 5 500 livestock have died, have been given R15m for fodder.

Severe drought in Kenya

2009-11-02 11:55

The traditional way of life for Kenya's nomads is rapidly giving way under the pressures of increasingly severe and frequent droughts.

Oxfam: $15.2m needed for relief

2009-09-29 17:13

Aid agency Oxfam says it needs to raise $15.2m to help 23 million people hit by a severe drought, conflict and high food prices in East Africa.

Kenyans feast on jumbos

2009-09-10 14:50

Residents of a remote Kenyan village have swarmed carcases of five elephants knocked down by a train, slicing off chunks of flesh for a rare bush meat meal, a wildlife official says.

SA could be in for drought

2009-07-09 22:05

South Africa could be in for a drought, with a "fairly high probability" of El Nino conditions in the next six months.

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