Drought lies essentially at the heart of this crisis. There are others to it, but we are seeing what is clearly the most extensive drought in forty years. And even more worrying is that the dar rains, which are dueti fall between october and december,. The forecast for those is looking pretty grim as well. An these droughts are another issue that can at least be associated with climate change, right? Well, i think experts are a little bit cautious about saying that, but that is certainly the feeling.
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