By allAfrica news President Hifikepunye Pohamba last Friday declared a national emergency due to the devastating drought that has already killed 4 000 large and small stock. The current nationwide drought has also affected over 300 000 people classified as food insecure. “Our country is experiencing the wrath of mother nature in the form of [...]
By admin Inadequate March-May short rains have resulted to total crop failure in Syeikulu Kitui county; the area deputy county commissioner Stephen Momanyi has said. Speaking yesterday, Momanyi said in order to cushion those affected by the food shortage hence they should be provided with adequate food rations. He said most crops had withered after [...]
Daily Nation Water from the world’s shrinking glaciers was responsible for almost a third of the rise in sea levels between 2003 and 2009, new research showed Thursday. A study published in the journal Science revealed that researchers had analyzed data gleaned from two NASA satellites as well as traditional ground measurements from glaciers around [...]
By Daily Monitor March to May constitutes the first major rainfall season and there are major physical conditions, which are likely to influence the weather in Uganda during this period. These include current conditions over tropical Pacific Ocean and the influence of the emerging cooler-than-average sea surface temperatures over much of the western Indian Ocean. [...]
By: allAfrica climate news Nsukka — A Kenyan don has estimated that climate change problem would kill about 184 million people by the 25th century with Africa recording the highest victims. Prof John Gowhan Nwangi of the Egerton University, Kenya disclosed this is an interview with Vanguard after delivering a key note address entitled “Agricultural [...]
By allAfrica Over the past decades, changing weather patterns have confused farmers, with erratic rainfall and drought making it difficult to predicts when to plant and harvest. Fidel Nsanzebahiga, a farmer in Shyorongi sector, Rulindo, says that it has become a bit difficult to determine the right time to sow since climate has changed significantly [...]
By PETER ORENGO: The Standard The Meteorological Department has predicted depressed and poorly distributed rainfall over most parts of the country during the March-May season. They have advised the country’s agricultural bread-basket counties in Western, Nyanza and Rift Valley provinces, where rainfall maybe near-normal, to take advantage of the rains and maximise crop yield through [...]
By GERALD ANDAE: Business Daily The Meteorological Department has expressed fears that farmers may incur losses if they rush to plant before it issues a weather forecast to guide them. The weatherman said that some farmers had started planting after heavy downpour experienced last week. “This rains will be over in the next two or [...]
By: Babatunde Osotimehin IT is fitting that this year’s UN Climate Change Conference was held in Africa, where both the current and future consequences of climate change are clearly discernible. The short and medium-term impacts of floods and drought, and the long-term prospect of rising global temperatures and changes in rainfall patterns, will continue to [...]
By: IRIN The climatic conditions linked to the drought in the Horn in 2011 have persisted, and some early warning officials say the aid community should brace themselves for a possible re-run of last year’s food crisis. However, in their forecast, the World Meteorological Organisation (WMO) says they expect the impact of the La Ni-a [...]
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