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AlertNet: Migration driven by changing rainfall patterns is on the rise in poor rural communities, as farming families struggle to grow enough food amid worsening droughts and floods. And unless they are helped to cope, governments may face large-scale movements of destitute people in the future, new research says.
To prevent this, the study by CARE International and the U.N. University recommends adjusting agriculture to new climate conditions and to finding alternative ways for rural communities to make......
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Rainfall shifts pushing rural poor to migrate – study
Posted by AlertNet: Megan Rowling on November 29th, 2012
Posted in Water Conservation