Study Finds Pattern of Severe Droughts in Africa

'Global warming resulting from human-generated greenhouse gases is likely to exacerbate these droughts and there is an urgent need to bolster the resilience of African'

"390 million people in Africa living on less than $1.25 a day are smallholder farmers that depend on two things: rain and land,” Kevin Watkins, director of the office of Human Development Reports of the United Nations described in the article. The article details the regions in Africa that are and will continue to be affected by drought. Seemingly, these continents are not only impacted by poverty but natural disasters resulted from the lack of financial means. This article is very similar to the other one that I have posted earlier.

http://www.nytimes.com/2009/04/17/science/earth/17drought.html?ref=science