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Drought Hotspots of World 2023-2025
July 11 , 2025
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- The United Nations Convention to Combat Desertification (UNCCD) and the United States National Drought Mitigation Centre (NDMC) report highlight the intensifying global drought hotspots from 2023 to 2025.
- Over 90 million people in Eastern and Southern Africa face acute hunger.
- Zimbabwe's maize crop losses exceed 70%.
- Zambia’s Zambezi River flow dropped to 20% of its long-term average.
- Spain’s olive oil output fell by 50% over two years, triggering price surges across Europe.
- The Panama Canal drought reduced daily ship transits from 38 to 24.
- Child marriages have doubled in Ethiopia, and mass school dropouts occurred in Zimbabwe, linked to drought.
- India’s river basins like Godavari and Krishna face recurrent drought; food price inflation rises with reduced rice and sugar output.
- Drought impacts cause higher farmer distress and migration in Maharashtra, Rajasthan, and Karnataka.
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