Madagascar, an island nation in the Indian Ocean, was "the first country to tackle the famine caused only by climate change," even though it had no share in the factors that cause climate change. According to the data of the World Food Program (WFP), 1 million 140 thousand people cannot find food to feed themselves in a country with a population of approximately 27 million, where the heaviest drought in the last 40 years has been experienced. While WFP draws attention to the fact that 14 thousand people are currently living in "disaster conditions", it emphasizes that 400 thousand people will face hunger in the near future. If the drought continues in the next crop period, which will start in October, $78 million 600 thousand would be needed to provide the local people with enough food to survive. In the region, whose main livelihood is agriculture, the drought is most felt in the city of Ambovombe in the Androy region. The WFP team, who held a press conference after visiting the region last week, shared with the international media that the famine was caused by the drought.
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Although Madagascar, an island country in the Indian Ocean, had no share in the factors that cause climate change, it became "the first country to fight the famine caused only by climate change". According to the data of the World Food Program (WFP), in a country with a population of approximately 27 million, where the heaviest drought of the last 40 years has been experienced, 1 million 140 thousand people cannot find food to fill their stomachs. While WFP draws attention to the fact that 14 thousand people are currently living in "disaster conditions", it emphasizes that 400 thousand people will face hunger in the near future. If the drought continues in the next crop period, which will start in October, $78 million 600 thousand would be needed to provide the local people with enough food to survive. In the region, whose main livelihood is agriculture, the drought is most felt in the city of Ambovombe in the Androy region. The WFP team, who held a press conference after visiting ...
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