This result indicates that when the western North Pacific monsoon is strong (weak), drought condition becomes severe (weak) in three regions.
President Konaré's efforts to rebuild Mali were hampered, however, by a weak economy, drought, desertification, inefficient parastatals (agencies serving the state but not officially under government control), a bloated civil service, decreasing foreign aid, and the French government's devaluation in 1994 of the CFA franc.
Sheep need constant water and grass, making them very weak in drought and susceptible to disease.
On chromosome 12, 9 root QTLs clustered at marker G124, while plant height QTLs clustered at the short arm telomere, at G24. G24 was also near a weak cluster of drought avoidance QTLs, and there was another one between markers RM247 and RG543.
"Our cattle were weak because of the drought.
Persistent drought and weaker world resources prices are forecast to reduce the value of Australia's commodity exports by about 5percentt in 2003-4.
It is no coincidence that the four countries teetering on the edge of famine – Yemen, South Sudan, Somalia and Nigeria – are all embroiled in violent conflict, whether it is prolonged civil war or violent extremist organizations exacerbating other vulnerabilities such as drought or weak governance.
Seven of the candidate genes displayed weak transcriptional response to the drought period in the dry season, and belonged to clusters modeled with a positive term for short-term temperature/solar radiation.
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Nematode-infested plants are weak and often appear to suffer from drought, excessive soil moisture, sunburn or frost, a mineral deficiency or imbalance, insect injury to roots or stems, or disease.
