Drought
... for raw materials and agricultural products fueled the economy in recent years, particularly in mining states. Drought, robust import demand, and a strong currency pushed the trade deficit up however, while infrastructure ...
www.exxun.com/Australia/e_ec.html
drought
desertification resulting from the degradation of limited arable land, periods of drought, and dust storms; coastal degradation (damage to coastlines, coral reefs, and sea vegetation) resulting from oil spills and other discharges ...
www.exxun.com/Bahrain/b_mp.html
drought
... base. About 90% of the population is engaged in subsistence agriculture, which is vulnerable to periodic drought. Cotton is the main cash crop and the government has joined with three other cotton ...
www.exxun.com/BurkinaFaso/e_ec.html
drought
flooding; landslides; drought
www.exxun.com/Burundi/b_mp.html
drought
... from a poor natural resource base, including serious water shortages exacerbated by cycles of long-term drought. The economy is service-oriented, with commerce, transport, tourism, and public services accounting for about ...
www.exxun.com/CapeVerde/e_ec.html
drought
... because of lower export earnings - the latter a product of the global financial crisis. A severe drought exacerbated the situation in 1999, reducing crop yields and causing hydroelectric shortfalls and electricity rationing ...
www.exxun.com/Chile/e_ec.html
drought
... to existing plants over the last year and are now on line. After 10 years of drought, the country received substantial rainfall from 2001-04. Since then, rainfall has been well below average ...
www.exxun.com/Cyprus/e_ec.html
drought
... had ruled since 1930) and established a socialist state. Torn by bloody coups, uprisings, wide-scale drought, and massive refugee problems, the regime was finally toppled in 1991 by a coalition of ...
www.exxun.com/Ethiopia/a_fg.html
drought
... many farmers switching to qat to supplement income. The war with Eritrea in 1998-2000 and recurrent drought have buffeted the economy, in particular coffee production. In November 2001, Ethiopia qualified for debt ...
www.exxun.com/Ethiopia/e_ec.html
drought
metropolitan France: flooding; avalanches; midwinter windstorms; drought; forest fires in south near the Mediterranean overseas departments: hurricanes (cyclones); flooding; volcanic activity (Guadeloupe, Martinique, Reunion)
www.exxun.com/France/b_mp.html
drought
drought (rainfall has dropped by 30% in the last 30 years)
www.exxun.com/Gambia/b_mp.html
drought
recurrent drought in north severely affects agricultural activities; deforestation; overgrazing; soil erosion; poaching and habitat destruction threatens wildlife populations; water pollution; inadequate supplies of potable water
www.exxun.com/Ghana/b_mp.html
drought
... operations, and industrial effluents; deforestation; overgrazing; desertification; oil pollution in the Persian Gulf; wetland losses from drought; soil degradation (salination); inadequate supplies of potable water; water pollution from raw sewage and industrial ...
www.exxun.com/Iran/b_mp.html
drought
... Iran protests Afghanistan's limiting flow of dammed tributaries to the Helmand River in periods of drought; Iraq's lack of a maritime boundary with Iran prompts jurisdiction disputes beyond the mouth ...
www.exxun.com/Iran/i_ti.html
drought
recurring drought; flooding during rainy seasons
www.exxun.com/Kenya/b_mp.html
