Sahel

Question 1

Where is the Sahel?

Answer 1

Subsahara Africa

Question 2

How much rainfall per year?

Answer 2

less than 250mm per year

Question 3

Why is this level of precipitation negative?

Answer 3

• High rates of desertification
• Overgrazing
• Deforestation

Question 4

How many are food insecure?

Answer 4

10 million

Question 5

Why are so many food insecure?

Answer 5

• Poverty, low productivity of land due to climate change, less to trade
• Desertification, hard to grow food