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The onset of the rainy season can affect food security as much as the amount of rain farmers receive overall, researchers report.
When it comes to predicting famines, researchers and relief agencies would ideally like indicators that can signal potential food insecurity before the growing season even begins.
The researchers’ new study makes this possible. The University of California, Santa Barbara’s Climate Hazards Center, a research partner of the Famine Early Warning Systems Network Team (FEWS NET) of the United States Agency for International Development (US AID), is already applying these insights to conditions in vulnerable areas, which seem to be headed for another tough year.