Question

What causes drought and famine?

Answer 1

Drought

• The most common form of drought is a lack of water vapour in the atmosphere, which causes precipitation. A lack of moisture in the air causes wildfires that can damage communities and food supplies, ruin forests, or harm people and animals.
• During a drought, shared sources of water such as rivers, reservoirs, and groundwater for wells are in jeopardy of running dry.

Famine

• Famines rarely happen because of a single event and often are the result of many years of struggling to grow food in a harsh environment.
• Different factors can trigger famine – the choice of crops planted, ineffective farming techniques, political systems and civil wars.