Drought assessment on-going

Tuesday, February 09, 2016

A drought assessment team has been dispatched to traverse the country to measure the severity of the prevailing drought.

Though this is an annual exercise carried after the cropping season, the call was made much earlier than usual this year, the Ministry of Local Government and Rural Development (MLGRD) has explained.

Drought assessments are carried at local authority level hence the MLGRD is the focal ministry though various ministries make up the team.

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