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Drought-hit Southern Africa at risk of food shortage: WFP

2015-05-11 18:20:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed

Reuters: Southern Africa faces possible food shortages over the next few months due to a severe drought in the 'maize belt' of South Africa, where a lack of rain had caused crop failure rates of over 50 percent, the World Food Programme (WFP) said on Monday. In South Africa, the WFP said maize production was estimated to have dropped by a third compared with last year, putting it on track for a harvest of 9.665 million tonnes, its worst in eight years. Besides South Africa, which produces more than...

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