After seven years of drought and one extraordinary wet winter, northwestern Africa now faces another season of uncertainty.
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The response to the many problems facing the region has been set back by cuts in humanitarian aid.
After years of drought, Lake Kariba’s rising waters are bringing relief to Zimbabwe and Zambia, boosting electricity, fishing, tourism and wildlife.
Past El Niño events have brought drought and disruption to New Zealand. What might the coming one spell?
El Niño tends to cause heatwaves and droughts in southern Africa particularly.
The drought is driven by El Niño, an unusual warming of surface waters in the eastern tropical Pacific Ocean that shifts weather patterns.
The El Niño drought in Malawi decimated the maize harvest this year. It has left the country with few options other than importing food.
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Senior Research Fellow & Malawi Country Program Leader, International Food Policy Research Institute (IFPRI)
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Researcher, The University of Queensland
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Research Fellow, International Food Policy Research Institute (IFPRI)
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Research Professor and Executive Director of the World Peace Foundation at The Fletcher School, Tufts University
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Professor Emeritus of Food Security, Tufts University
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Senior Fellow, Department of Agricultural Economics, Stellenbosch University
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Senior Research Fellow, International Food Policy Research Institute (IFPRI)
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Professor of Climate Change, Food Systems and Health and Director of The Lancet Countdown in Africa, London School of Hygiene & Tropical Medicine
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Assistant Research Scientist, University of Maryland
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Senior Research Fellow, International Food Policy Research Institute (IFPRI)
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Senior Director, Transformation Strategies Department, International Food Policy Research Institute (IFPRI), CGIAR
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Senior Research Fellow, International Food Policy Research Institute (IFPRI)
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Senior Lecturer in Economics, Manchester Metropolitan University
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Adjunct Research Fellow, Te Herenga Waka — Victoria University of Wellington
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Visiting Fellow, Tufts University