Drought periods cause the inhabitants of large areas of Africa to be subjected to extreme famine conditions. Global warming has exacerbated a previously marginal phenomenon known as the Indian Ocean Bipolarity
Hunger in Africa is reaching catastrophic proportions. Famine also strikes in the new country of South Sudan where the late rains are combined with war. Drought periods cause the inhabitants of large areas to be subjected to extreme famine conditions.
Entire provinces in northern Kenya, Somalia, Ethiopia, areas in Zimbabwe, Zambia and South Africa were declared famine-stricken. The delay in the rains is attributed to global warming, but it turns out that there is another factor that until recently was unknown and unknown.
In 1990, a Japanese scientist discovered the "The Bipolarity of the Indian Ocean(Indian Ocean Dipole) as a factor that contributes to periods of drought in East Africa, a drought that threatens the lives of millions of people.
The bipolarity is manifested in a warm body of water like a pool that migrates between the east and west of the Indian Ocean and affects the temperature of the atmosphere and the rainfall. The uniqueness of this cycle is the pool which is sometimes hot (positive) and sometimes cold (negative). It turns out that in recent years (due to global warming) the differences in cycles are more extreme.
Negative (cold) bipolarity causes a decrease in annual rainfall in East Africa which contributes to periods of drought and dryness, which according to UN agencies causing mass starvation.
According to the UN, more than 12 million people in Somalia, Ethiopia, Kenya and Uganda are in a situation of "severe food insecurity" and need help.
When the influence of El Niño, which was described as "the most extreme in the last fifty years" is integrated into the climate system and the addition of the "contribution" of the bipolar phenomenon Two years in which the rains stopped are obtained.
It is a combination of climatic conditions that for millions of Africans is fatal.
Climate change or global warming causes phenomena that were relatively mild to manifest in extremes, and thus the effect of bipolarity which until a few years ago was a negligible phenomenon - increasing and exaggerating.
In attempts to find solutions that will prevent the effects of drought, they look for drought-resistant crops or proper management of pastures, Among other things, a return to traditional crops Such as: cassava, sorghum or millet. Crops that are suitable for African conditions and were rejected by (American) corn.
In the meantime, the UN agencies are called to raise millions of dollars to provide food to the hungry and emphasize the seriousness of the situation and the need to act immediately.
On the sidelines, reports are coming from Kenya about farmers who are trying to save farm animals We share with them food intended for people.
The bad impact of the drought Don't miss wild animals that in search of pasture and water they "invade" agricultural fields. On the other hand, shepherds with their herds penetrate into the reserves, thus creating deadly frictions that are harmful to man and nature.
As in many other cases, part of the solution is in the "motto": the time has come that instead of controlling the environment for the sake of the human population, there will be control of the human population for the sake of the environment.
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The movement of the continents is such that Africa moves north, and the desert moves south accordingly. The coast of North Africa is greener. In Australia there is a more dramatic situation - the land advances by 7 centimeters a year, and maps need to be changed
I mean the excuse that the followers of genetic engineering (and the producers of certain pesticides) sell us: that their goal is to feed the world...
In any case, providing food for poor countries is not ideal.
This creates political dependence of poor countries for the most basic needs and empowers western farmers to the benefit of third world country farmers who fail to compete with them.
The solution is to encourage agriculture in the third world - not to provide them with food but the ability to grow it themselves.
The yield improved, you don't take into account all the ugly produce that is not sold because of Pegmip cosmetics but could have saved people dying of hunger in the third world, and this yield improved only in the rich western countries for the benefit of the rich countries and the welfare of the rich farmers.
No child who died of hunger in the third world has been saved to this day and will not be saved in the future either, thanks to genetic engineering, the developments at the Volcanic Institute or the improvements in Western agriculture.
And in any case, even without genetic engineering, agriculture in the West produces above and beyond the needs, but surplus produce in the West goes to destruction or animal consumption.
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The yield per acre of most crops has increased in the last decades by hundreds and sometimes even by thousands of percent. If it weren't for this improvement and disease resistance the situation would be really bad
With all due respect to science and technology - when so many people are dying of hunger, they send spacecraft to find bacteria on Mars.
How much food could they drop in Africa with the money it cost to send the spacecraft to find bacteria on Mars?
How many water desalination plants and irrigation systems could they build in Africa with this money?
And where is the genetic engineering that is supposed to produce food for the third world? After all, when you talk about genetic engineering, is this the first reason you talk about?
In practice, all the achievements of genetic engineering are used today to improve produce from a cosmetic and culinary point of view, so that it looks good and appeals to the palates of the rich gourmands in Western Europe and enriches the farmers in the Western world even more.