Droughts, floods, cold, heat and what have you, everything is climate change. Six months ago, Sri Lanka experienced a drought due to the El Niño effect and this month a flood due to the La Niña effect. "Sustainable or organic farming" had been given a big boost by humanitarian organizations after the Tsunami of 2004.
And yet, the drought and floods within a space of six months have pushed Sri Lanka into a food crisis - the food shortage to be felt in the months ahead. All their "sustainable" experiments"washed away by these weather extremes.
When will NGOs get over their global warming obsession? They can only start making an impact if they track ENSO (El Niño-Southern Oscillation) a natural oceanic cycle, in their adaptation and mitigation programmes.
Read more: http://devconsultancygroup.blogspot.com/2011/01/june-2010-drought-in-sri-lanka-is-your.html
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