Drought Eastern Africa

Environmental factors are a factor that affect living and nonliving organisms and have participated in Ethiopia’s problem in food deficiency and food insecurity. A large environmental factor that can affect food deficiency and food insecurity is natural hazards and disasters. These can include droughts and floods which can upset agricultural production. For example, grain production and stocks are very low and droughts have hit harvests in grain-producing areas around the world. A more specific example for Ethiopia is that because of Ethiopia’s seasonal rainfall from mid-June to mid-September, soil erosion and

Moreover, the multi-century drought

4. Inventory Resources and Identify Groups at Risk- It is crucial to take an inventory of natural, biological, and human resources. For obvious reasons water is the most valuable natural resource in this situation; its location, accessibility, and quality. The biological resources refer to the quality and quantity of grasslands or rangelands, forests, wildlife, and so forth. Human resources are the labor needed to develop water resources and haul water, process citizen complaints, provide technical assistance, and direct citizens to available services. It is important to define the exposure of various parts of the region to drought hazard to determine which groups are at risk (Wilhite, Hayes, & Knutson, 2005).

Water shortage is an example of one place we could be more aware and conscious.We need to react to rainfall deficits by keeping an eye on the amount that is precipitated and in water storages. Water is the most vital part of our lives, and in the coming years I suspect it will be traded and sold on the same degree as something like gold, or silver. Not to mention, it's not as inexhaustible of a resource as we treat it to be. During the dust bowl rain deficits, along with over farming contributed to extensive drought which is never an unlikely possibility in any day and age

People have asked why do you have a drauth . we today about how this drought happened and how we can stop this drift and stop wasting water. There are lots of ways how to stop wasting water. and i bet you guys have asked yourselves why do we have a drought . well i will tell you. the drought can affect us animals and plants, farmers, and food and lots more.

Over thousands of years water has been a very valuable element in our everyday lives. Now we are being faced with a shortage of water affecting not only us, but future generations as well. The drought has become an extreme issue that has affected the United States. For example, in Texas the dry spell has had an impact in families, politics and law, religion, health care, and mass media.

Many people relied on government assistance and relief programs to survive the drought. A high majority of people still couldn’t make a living in drought areas, even with governmental assistance. Millions of people migrated from drought areas and headed west for work. There, they

Already, the drought has had a strong social impact as it has created many issues related

Droughts The articles, “Decade of Drought” by Anne Capeci and “ Drought Report” by Jennifer Johnson both discuss about droughts. “Decade of Drought” by Anne Capeci is more information than “Drought Report” by Jennifer Johnson because it depicts the negatives effects of a drought. To begin, “Decade of Drought” by Anne Capeci explains how it effects the world. For example, “Meanwhile, hot, dry conditions increased the threat of destructive wildfires”(93).This shows a wildfires will happen if it hot and dry conditions and that will make dire wildfire. Capeci also reports “The price of olive oil rose sharply in 2014”(94).This shows that the olive price went more up and people will pay more than they were.

Agriculture in California uses about 80% of the state’s developed water supply (Koroma). In a case of severe drought, water usage would have to be cut, which would result in fewer crops and higher prices of food. The decrease in water would also highly impact the amount of drinking water available to the population. In times of struggle, people would turn to sources such as river and ocean water which are not filtered correctly and this could lead to serious diseases such as cholera or guinea worm disease. Lastly, due to California’s large population, a water shortage would not be able to sustain it, people would be forced to relocate to other states which could result in

Droughts are a natural occurrence that has been around for millions of years. Droughts are unpredictable; no one can tell when they are going to take place, the severity, or how long they will last. Impacts on of a drought can send shockwaves thought the region. The economy, agriculture, the environment, and the residents of the region are all affected. (Vicente-Serrano, Beguería, & López-Moreno, 2009, p.1696)

There have been droughts severe droughts around the world infact you have an example. “Australia has just come through a thirteen-year duration of drought it was catastrophic in that country. The way that they delt with it was, believe it or not, was concerving water and rain water harvesting. It wasn’t all the high teck stuff and yet we here in California need a desalinization plant. I mean it does help. But the main strength in what they accomplished in that country of ausralia was the fact that the worked together they reduced their water reduction through concervation practices and they put up tank systems on their properties to collect rain water from their gutters. That’s how they did it.”

Egypt faces a water crisis because the Nile river disappearing and it is how they farm and get water.“Egypt gets almost all of its water from the Nile. The quality of the river water is seriously threatened by untreated industrial and agricultural wastes, sewage, and municipal waste-water. In addition, the Aswan High Dam, which was completed in 1970, has reduced the flow of the Nile and trapped the nutrient in the soil,which is not good So if Egypt doesn't get some help from the other countries it will eventually cease to have life

We usually associate water shortages with a lack of drinking water, but global water scarcity has a critical impact on food security. Agriculture consumes more water than any other source. Climate change is altering patterns of weather around the world, causing shortages and droughts in some areas and floods in others. Water is key to food security. Crops and livestock need water to grow. Agriculture requires large quantities of water for irrigation and various production processes. Water scarcity may limit food production and supply, putting pressure on food prices and increasing countries’ dependence on food imports

Water is the main source of life on the Earth. It is vital for normal existence and functioning of organisms. Earth is sometimes called “water planet.” But, in fact, the number of freshwater is limited. “Only about 2 percent of the planet's water is fresh.” (How much water is there on Earth?) This water is not enough even to meet daily needs of mankind. According to World Health Organization, “a lack of water to meet daily needs is a reality today for one in three people around the world.” (2009) In the Middle East the situation is especially hard. This region is thought to be one of the droughtiest places in the world, most of it’s territory is deserted. Freshwater accounts to 1 percent of the world’s supplies, while the population comes