Drought prone Botswana is bracing itself for severe conditions after receiving warnings of an impending food insecurity with farmers expecting their worst yields livestock deaths in decades.
Following a report by Sunday Standard that the Southern Africa Seasonal Monitor has revealed that Botswana notched its driest February in forty years with maximum temperatures occasionally reaching and crossing 37 degrees Celsius, another independent agency has also issued further warnings. The Southern Africa Seasonal Monitor for February 2024 had indicated that Botswana is under the influence of El Niño. These patterns are primarily linked to severe rain deficits and harvests for the majority of the region.
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