SENEGALFOOD SHORTAGES THREATEN 24 AFRICAN COUNTRIES, Senegal, December 1983 A child stands beside carcasses of cattle destroyed by drought near the village of Ross-Bethio in the north. The food suppl...

SENEGALFOOD SHORTAGES THREATEN 24 AFRICAN COUNTRIES. Senegal, January 1984 - Migration to the city (Dakar) by rural drought victims is swelling the numbers of shanty dwellers. The food supply outlook for...

SENEGALFOOD SHORTAGES THREATEN 24 AFRICAN COUNTRIES, Senegal, December 1983 A child stands beside carcasses of cattle destroyed by drought near the village of Ross-Bethio in the north. The food suppl...

SENEGALFOOD SHORTAGES THREATEN 24 AFRICAN COUNTRIES. Senegal, January 1984 - Migration to the city (Dakar) by rural drought victims is swelling the numbers of shanty dwellers. The food supply outlook for...

AFRICAUpper Volta, 1973 - Following the eagerly awaited arrival in a village in Central Upper Volta of relief supplies in the form of sorghum donated to UN/FAO World Food. Programme by U.SA. the local distr...

AFRICAUpper Volta, June 1973 - French Air Force plane dropping sacks of cottonseed to be used as fodder for starving cattle in Norhhern Upper Volta. Each sack contains 60 kilos and the total operation is ai...

AFRICAUpper Volta, 1973 - Donkeys loaded with sacks of wheat bran which has been distributed to Peul nomads at Tin Akof in northern Upper Volta near the Niger border. Lead caption: Five years of sub...

AFRICAUpper Volta, 1973 - Sacks of cottonseed to be used as fodder for starving animals in drought stricken Upper Volta. The sacks have been flown into the area by two French Air Force planes and are being...

AFRICAUpper Volta, 1973 - The typical back~breaking method of "'ploughing" by hand in Upper Volta. These people have never heard of ploughshares and animal traction, but this technique is gradually being in...

AFRICAUpper Volta, June 1973 - French Air Force plane dropping sacks of cottonseed to be used as fodder for starving cattle in Norhhern Upper Volta. Each sack contains 60 kilos and the total operation is ai...

AFRICAUpper Volta, 1973 - Emaciated animal in Northern Upper Volta is a grim indication of the severe drought which has gripped several African countries. Nomads from Mali , one of whom can be seen sitting...

AFRICAUpper Volta, 1973 - Sacks of cottonseed to be used as fodder for starving animals in drought stricken Upper Volta. The sacks have been flown into the area by two French Air Force planes and are being...

AFRICAUpper Volta, 1973 - Carcasses of cattle and goats at Christine Wells in northern Upper Volta. Lead caption: Five years of subnormal rainfall has brought severe drought and tragedy to Upper Vol...

AFRICAUpper Volta, 1973 - At a central food distribution point in Upper Volta, bags of sorghum donated by the United States through WFP are loaded onto a camel. They will be taken to an outlying village whe...

AFRICAUpper Volta, 1973 - Carcasses of Mali nomads' cattle lie on the edge of Christine Wells in northern Upper Volta. The animals died after drinking water on empty stomachs following their long trek from...

AFRICAUpper Volta, 1973 - Dying cattle brought by truck from the north to be sold for their skins and bones. The best price these animals will fetch: approximately $2 each. (A normal cow in good condition w...

AFRICAUpper Volta, 1973 - Emaciated cattle at Dori in northern Upper Volta, which have managed to survive the drought due to an emergency fodder distribution by aircraft. Lead caption: Five years of...

AFRICAUpper Volta, 1973 - Sacks of cotton seed being loaded onto a French Air Force plane. The sacks will be "air-dropped" in northern Upper Volta to be used as fodder for starving cattle. Each sack contain...

AFRICAUpper Volta, 1973 - Carcass of a cow which died in the desert near Dori, in northern Upper Volta. Lead caption: Five years of subnormal rainfall has brought severe drought and tragedy to Upper...

AFRICA14 June 1973, Upper Volta, Africa - Drought in Upper Volta. Bags of sorghur donated to UN/FAO World Food Programme by U.S.A are being carted away from a warehouse in the town of Kaya in Central Upper...

AFRICA14 June 1973, Upper Volta, Africa - Drought in Upper Volta.

AFRICA14 June 1973, Upper Volta, Africa - Drought in Upper Volta. Bags of sorghur donated to UN/FAO World Food Programme by U.S.A are being unloaded from a plane in Central Upper Volta. Five years of subno...

AFRICA14 June 1973, Upper Volta, Africa - Drought in Upper Volta. Bags of sorghur donated to UN/FAO World Food Programme by U.S.A are being carted away from a warehouse in the town of Kaya in Central Upper...

Burkina FasoDestitute nomads from Mali came to Christine Wells in Northern Upper Volta in search of pasture but found a wasteland. Here a woman pounds in a mortar, the last few grains in her family. - - Drought....

NigeriaThe government's Kadawa River Project in the northern state of Kano includes a short-range scheme for safeguards against further drought. Here farmers are being taught new irrigation techniques - - S...

Burkina FasoFollowing the eagerly awaited arrival in a village in Central Upper Volta of relief supplies in the form of sorghum donated to UN/FAO World Food Programme by USA, the local distribution is organized b...