The country also loses around $5.1bn annually to rapid desertification and drought in many parts of Northern Nigeria. Another report by the Nigerian Meteorological Agency (NiMet) indicates that ...

As the ongoing drought continues to threaten food security and livestock, the Democratic Alliance (DA) Northern Cape provincial leader Andrew Louw and Western Cape minister of agriculture ...

Drought and desertification ... the north central and south, and desertification in the far north. Yobe, Katsina, Sokoto, Jigawa and Borno, states at the northern fringes of the country, are ...

In the quest to tackle desertification ... understanding of drought dynamics. This capability is crucial for regions grappling with desert encroachment, such as Northern Nigeria.

Of course, as a global community of nations staring at imminent disasters, chief among them drought ... While in Africa, desertification is common in western and northern countries such as ...

Both the Sahel and southern Africa are prone to severe drought ... Desertification-induced economic losses there are estimated at $6.8 billion U.S. dollars per year. Northern China, especially ...

Twenty-nine years ago, this body proclaimed 17 Juneas the Day to Combat Desertification and Drought. Ever since, the GA has been tackling these challenges through the deeply intertwined issues of ...