00:00In southern Madagascar, residents are bracing themselves for the impact due in the coming
00:05months of the El Nino warming pattern, which experts expect to be the strongest on record.
00:10The World Meteorological Organization has warned of a higher drought risk, and at Kunza's
00:15farmers have already noticed a drop in the quality of their crops as a result of little
00:19rain.
00:24Lately, it hasn't been raining much.
00:26In the past, we used to farm during the rainy season.
00:28These seasons are no longer the same at the same time of year.
00:32When it's time for us to start farming it doesn't rain, so we're forced to farm at a time when
00:36we shouldn't be doing so, which leads to our crops deteriorating into poor quality seeds.
00:47The months-long El Nino phenomenon begins in October.
00:50Another concern among farmers is that their profession is getting increasingly complicated
00:55as water becomes more scarce.
01:01because now there isn't much rain anymore.
01:04Farming is becoming more and more difficult, but we have to make a lot of effort because
01:10we want to eat.
01:11We're obliged to request boreholes and get access to pumps and generators so that we can get
01:16by.
01:17Access to water is difficult, but we must do our best because farming is our whole life.
01:28Parts of southern Madagascar are already scarred by famine and climate change threatens to exacerbate
01:33food insecurity.
01:35Workers for the World Food Programme are doing what they can to provide assistance.
01:43This is a centre that provides care for moderately malnourished children, so prior to autoral screening
01:48was carried out in all the Fukutani.
01:52And the children identified as suffering from moderate acute malnutrition are then checked
01:56at the Basic Health Centre.
02:07International aid cuts and rising inflation triggered by the Middle East war are exacerbating
02:11the risk of severe hunger in Madagascar.
