Sentence examples for failed harvest from inspiring English sources

Though drought and a failed harvest had much to do with the famine, Mengistu was also culpable.

They just had a failed harvest, and in a very short time they will have nothing to eat".

The United States and its allies also must ensure that Afghanistan has the food aid it needs to compensate for this year's failed harvest.

This year's severe drought and a failed harvest left 18 million people without enough food, and only prompt action by donors – stung by criticism that they failed to act early enough in Somalia – staved off disaster.

As much of sub-Saharan Africa faces drought, a failed harvest and hunger, the organisation has come to recognise the urgency of investment in global agricultural productivity and, after two decades of neglect, the importance of governments in delivering it.

The UN estimates that at least 10 million people in east Africa will be in need of humanitarian assistance as a result of severe food shortages, failed harvest, rising food prices and conflict in the region.

But in the late 1780s, bad weather led to failed harvests and much higher food prices.

Lucy Lamble reports from Malawi and Zimbabwe on a crisis that goes far beyond failed harvests and dying livestock.

Farmers have been uprooting their vines and pomegranate trees to sell for firewood after repeated failed harvests.

I've spent much of my life chronicling the ongoing tragedies stemming from global warming: the floods and droughts and storms, the failed harvests and forced migrations.

Mr. Ngowa had put up the statues to stop a bout of bad luck, including failed harvests and the death of many of his livestock.