Drought Causes Mexico Food Shortages

Drought dominated the 2011 growing season in northern Mexico, leading to crop failure and food shortages.

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NASA Earth Observatory image created by Jesse Allen, using MODIS data provided by Jennifer Small and Assaf Anyamba, NASA GIMMS Group at Goddard Space Flight Center and the Global Agricultural Monitoring Project (GLAM) Project. Caption by Holli Riebeek.

Published January 21, 2012
Data acquired July 1 - September 30, 2011

Source:

Terra > MODIS