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...

KENYA28 September 2017, Wamba, Samburu East, Kenya - mother and her son, members of Samburu pastoral community take care of some goats during the vaccination programme that FAO and Red Cross Kenya are deve...

MaliDried up riverbed, east of Bamako. - - Food Shortages Threaten 24 African Countries. The food supply outlook for Africa in 1984 remains serious with 24 countries facing emergency situations, according...

MongoliaThis is a financial emergency and also one of resources. Mongolia has too many animals and not enough pasture. The national herd is at its largest ever - 70 million - and exceeds the natural rangeland...

NigerA long period of drought, which started in 1965/66, reached its peak in1984. This caused an accelerated soil erosion (rainfall was 150mm.), and, consequently to a desertification around the project ar...

MauritaniaCloseup of cracked earth during drought. - - Fight against desertification: UNO/MAU/010/NSO. These photos show striking images of environmental degradation and drought in Mauritania. They also show so...

Eswatini04 November 2016, Lavumisa Swaziland - Mathendeni area in Msuzaneni. The Great Usuthu River, Swaziland's largest natural stream is quickly running dry. FAO and the Government of Swaziland, with financ...

BangladeshLivelihood Adaptation to Climate Change (LACC) Project - Improving adaptive capacity to climate variability and change for sustainable food and livelihood security in drought prone and coastal regions...

United Republic of Tanzania04 September 2012, Msanga Villlage, Tanzania - Local farmers cultivating their crops. A series of droughts in central Tanzania has challenged the food security of rural farmers and reduced the availa...

YemenThis dry river bed is part of an extreme dry zone characterized by long droughts and sand dune enchroachments. - - Land and Water Conservation (Forestry Component): UTF/YEM/023. The project objectives...

Ethiopia4 June 2010, Amdi Woyane - A woman farmer and beneficiary of an FAO-EU Project inspecting her well which is almost dry after a long drought.~~FAO-EU Project: OSRO/ETH/902/BEL - Support to vulnerable h...

BrazilMan walking accross drought-stricken landscape. - - General: General.

Ethiopia8 June 2010, Chiffra Woreda - Cattle feeding on Multi-Nutrient Blocks (MNB). The MNBs are lick blocks containing urea, molasses, vitamins, minerals and other multinutrients and provide a convenient an...

BurundiEmergency Agricultural Assistance to households hit by the 2005 drought, the severe cassava mosaic disease and victims of armed conflict for the cropping seasons 2007A, 2007B - OSRO/BDI/606/EC. Supply...

NIGERFAO Project OSRO/NER/605/ EC: Assistance to improve food security of vulnerable households in Niger - The project aims at improving food security and nutrition of 32, 100 households through agro-pasto...

Ethiopia10 February 2016, Addis Ababa, Ethiopia - Typical impact as water ponds have dried of the current El Nino induced drought in the Elidaar District of Afar Region in Ethiopia. FAO? water and income dive...

Ethiopia4 June 2010, Amdi Woyan - Maize seedlings suffering the heat and drought that has struck the Tigray Region for the last four months. ~~FAO-EU Project: OSRO/ETH/908/CHA - Food security support to droug...

Ethiopia5 June 2010, Hiwane - A young woman carrying a container of water home. Because of the severe drought, the river bed is almost dry.

KENYA10 May 2005, Dambas - A pastoralist and a group of children standing over the carcasses of some of the thirty-five cows he lost in the drought. Most pastoralists lost nearly 90 percent of their animal...

NIGER08 June 2012, Abalak, Niger - A farmer woman arriving at the FAO distribution center with a her small herd of goats to receive feed for her livestock.FAO Project: OSRO/NER/107/CHA - Emergency assistan...

BURKINA FASO12 June 2012, Dlbissi, Burkina Faso - Malnourished calves awaiting vaccination in a local refugee camp. Due to severe drought and lack of foliage and grasses many livestock are undernourished. This is...

NIGER07 June 2012, Abala Sani, Niger - Malnourished cattle being herded back to the village from a watering hole.

Ethiopia10 February 2016, Addis Ababa, Ethiopia - Typical impact as water ponds have dried of the current El Nino induced drought in the Elidaar District of Afar Region in Ethiopia. FAO? water and income dive...

Ethiopia29 February 2016, Shinile, Ethiopia - Animal owners brought their animals to sell for destocking purpose in Aydora community. ~~FAO project OSRO/ETH/503/BEL: Emergency Protection of Livestock-based~Li...

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...

SOMALIA05 February 2017, Uusgure, Somalia - Somali men walk past a dead camel at camp for internally displaced people in Uusgure village, Puntland, Somalia, Sunday, 5 Feb 2017.The IDP's in Uusgure village ar...

SOMALIA05 February 2017, Uusgure, Somalia - Women walk in a camp for internally displaced people in Uusgure village, Puntland, Somalia, Sunday, 5 Feb 2017. The IDP's in Uusgure village are pastorals who move...

Ethiopia5 June 2010, Hiwane - A young woman carrying a container of water home. Because of the severe drought, the river bed is almost dry.

KENYA25 May 2017, Ndavaya, Kwale county, Kenya - Mlongo Mwanyasi, 46, standing over the remains of one of her cows that succumbed to drought. She managed to save her remaining animals from the same fate th...