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El Niño may have ended, but its legacy is greater hunger in sub-Saharan Africa

By Lotanna Emediegwu, Senior Lecturer in Economics, Manchester Metropolitan University
Rising food prices are causing more and more people to go hungry in sub-Saharan Africa. My new research shows that an overlooked cause could be El Niño, a climate phenomenon in the Pacific that affects weather patterns globally.

Food inflation rates are between 20% and 50% in some African countries. Without urgent action to curb rising food…The Conversation


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