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Concern: The exceptionally hot conditions are great if you have water in which to frolic. But most provinces have seen livestock dying and farmers having to delay planting crops. Photo: Alon Skuy/The Times/Gallo Images/Getty
AGRICULTURE AND DROUGHT IN SOUTH AFRICA

It’s hot and records have been broken

The increase in temperature has been above the 1°C pre-industrial level for the past 12 months

  • Aarti Bhana
4 min read
A farmer attends to cocoa beans drying on a rack at a farm in Kwabeng, Ghana. (Paul Ninson/Bloomberg via Getty Images)
AFRICA AGRICULTURE CRISIS

Corruption, water scarcity, and outdated farming are undermining food security in Africa

Political instability and conflict compound the crisis, as wars displace farming communities, disrupt agricultural activities, and destroy critical infrastructure

  • Ben Leyka
3 min read