肯尼亚将面临日益严重的粮食短缺和水资源匮乏

A Turkana man herds livestock back from grazing grounds at the end of the day in the disputed area of the Ilemi triangle in northwestern Kenya near the borders with Ethiopia and South Sudan October 14, 2013. The Turkana are traditionally nomadic pastoralists, but they have seen the pasture that they need to feed their herds suffer from recurring droughts and many have turned to fishing. However, Lake Turkana is overfished, and scarcity of food and pastureland is fuelling long-standing conflict with Ethiopian indigenous Dhaasanac, who have seen grazing grounds squeezed by large-scale government agricultural schemes in southern Ethiopia. The Dhaasanac now venture ever deeper into Kenyan territory in search of fish and grass, clashing with neighbours. Fighting between the communities has a long history, but the conflict has become ever more fatal as automatic weapons from other regional conflicts seep into the area. While the Turkana region is short of basics like grass and ground-water, it contains other resources including oil reserves and massive, newly discovered underground aquifers. Picture taken October 14, 2013. REUTERS/Siegfried Modola (KENYA - Tags: AGRICULTURE CIVIL UNREST SOCIETY POLITICS)ATTENTION EDITORS: PICTURE 20 OF 38 FOR PACKAGE 'FISHING AND FIREARMS ON LAKE TURKANA' TO FIND ALL IMAGES SEARCH 'TURKANA MODOLA' - LM2E9BS1EH201
The long rains season from March to May has fallen far below the long-term average for the period in Kenya.Image: REUTERS/Siegfried Modola
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路透社内罗毕4月16日电——肯尼亚气象部门周二表示,由于雨季失效,肯尼亚很可能面临日益严重的粮食短缺和水资源匮乏。

肯尼亚气象部门负责人斯特拉·奥拉在一份声明中表示,所谓的长雨季(3月至5月)降雨量远低于该时期的长期平均水平。

她表示:“根据当前状况和预测的天气情况,预计全国大部分地区将持续干燥,导致粮食安全和水资源进一步恶化。”

“受干旱影响的地区将需要采取干预措施来支持生计。”

央行行长帕特里克·恩乔罗表示,如果干旱严重,央行可能会将今年的经济增长预测从6.3%下调至5.3%。央行在其推特账号上发布了这一消息,并引用了他周二在纽约接受彭博电视台采访时的言论。

世界银行将肯尼亚经济增长预测从5.8%下调至5.7%,并将近期干燥天气归咎为主要原因。

包括茶叶、鲜花和咖啡出口在内的农业约占年经济产出的三分之一。

政府上月表示,约110万肯尼亚人(主要位于图尔卡纳、马萨比特、伊西奥洛、塔纳河和加里萨等干旱县)需要人道主义粮食援助。

由美国国际开发署资助的“饥荒预警系统网络”将肯尼亚长雨季的失效归因于热带气旋伊代,该气旋使水汽从该地区偏移。

3月伊代气旋重创莫桑比克、津巴布韦和马拉维后,仍有数十万人需要援助。

据报道,该风暴、其引发的洪水以及其来袭前的强降雨已造成逾1000人死亡。

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