Emerging Economies Climate Report 2022
The report reveals that over half of companies in emerging economies have been impacted by extreme weather events over the last 12 months.The report shows that 58% of companies in Africa and South Asia
Drought
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Ethiopia
The fear of famine has returned to haunt Ethiopia after poor harvests, with the northern region of Amhara and the south of the country especially under threat. Ethiopia had enjoyed a respite from
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Droughts in India were caused by El Ni o
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ARGENTINA
The drought that hit Argentina's 1996-97 cotton crop earlier this year, has stripped the country of an output of as much as 100,000 tonnes (t) of lint, said a leading Argentine cotton exporter.
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Dry spell
lack of rain, freezing temperatures and cold winds have brought fears of drought across Europe. Many farmers across Europe are now facing a 'catastrophe' according to Copa, the association of
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UGANDA
Eastern Uganda has been hit below the belly by a severe famine owing to a continuous draught this season. An earlier report had stated that 19 out of 39 districts in the country are suffering from
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Kenya
Northern Kenya is again facing the onslaught of droughts, having received scant rain in the last two years. The tell-tale signs are growing malnutrition, rising grain prices and falling cattle
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The Indian way for Africa?
At a recent workshop on food processing technologies, African specialists felt they have found a way out of the serialised food crisis
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The wasted land
THE mythic origins of Jodhpur's water crisis go back to the time when the Rao Jodha clan laid claim to the rocky outcrop that was to be the-Mehrangarh fort about 500 years ago. But to do so, they
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Water way
With the delayed monsoons and the threat of drought looming large over India, K 81kram Singh's first independent feature film, Tarpan, was premiered in July at the most appropriate time.
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Cropped harvest
The much awaited monsoon in Bangladesh spells doom for the nation