We should all be concerned about the U.S. Agency for International Development (USAID) cuts (to the point of illegally ending the existence of the agency), because the agency distributed food aid to numerous countries.
So when we read about what climate change (which is happening no matter what any administration says) is doing to African crops, we should be more concerned.
Africa's Mountain Farmers Are Losing Their Crop Yields to Climate Change
"The study found similarities in climate changes and impacts across mountain ranges in all eight countries studied – Cameroon, Ethiopia, Uganda, Rwanda, Burundi, Democratic Republic of Congo, Kenya, and Tanzania. Farmers reported increased temperatures, reduced fog, changes in rainfall amount and distribution, and an increase in extreme climate events. The most widespread climate-related impacts were lower crop yields and livestock production, increased pests and diseases, reduced human health and water availability, and more soil erosion."So that's why food aid is needed. And that's why cutting aid and ending USAID is stupid.
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