Drought topic Flashcards
1
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whst id drougt
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is a temporry or prolongr shortage of water
2
Q
it occurs mostly on which areas in Botswana
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It occrs in arid and semi arid areas
3
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consequeses or effect of drought
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- loss of fodder
- increase in overgrazing leading to lossin protective cover and plsnt species
- incearsed numbers of miscarges due to stess and under weight also still birth are born more
- Icreaed death as no. of undre weight is high
- Reduced milk production , as now the female cabt access food
4
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economic effects of dought
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- unemployment increses
- it slows down the national econnomic growth , delaying economic development
- incesed food prices
- exportation meaning more costds
- more cost to farmers eg. eg death s looes , bmc companies shut down
5
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enviromental effects of derught
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1.incesed deserification. veld fies, wind and water erosion
2. drought resistant plant become harzardous to anomals
4. increase in podinous plant s
5. increase in diseases
6. lossof plant species due to overgrazing
7. incresed predation
8. incesed stress to animals leading to under weiht, less milk pro, less conception pregnatncies , incresed deaths
6
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socila efffect of drought
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- food shortage
- conflicts over water
- inceased porverty
- public disfaction with the gorvernment responce to droght assistance
- mental and physical stress
- political conflicts
7
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dissuss2 solutions to drught
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- breeding characyterisation
# use it ot bred ans make use f avaliable breeds of animals , especilly that rae drught eresistant to cross bred them eg, camels , goats ,
# use breeding charcterisation for
- breeding characyterisation