Comment: 23:02 - 23:44 (00:42)
Source: Annenberg/CPB Resources - Earth Revealed - 22. Wind, Dust and Deserts
Keywords: technology, drought, water, Sahel, livestock, humans, grazing, cattle, crop
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Our transcription: The sad irony is that modern technology helped to magnify the disaster.
Prior to the drought, deep, water wells had been drilled in the Sahel providing abundant new sources of water for livestock and humans.
This stimulated an excessively large migration into the area, so when the drought struck there was even greater devastation.
Numerous international programs are currently underway to teach people how to graze their cattle and grow their crops, so as to avoid similar disasters in the future.
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