Wednesday, February 9, 2011

China Drought Prompts U.N. to Issue Warning - NYTimes.com


Sheng Li/Reuters
A farmer looked at her withered wheat plants in a dry field last month in China’s Shandong province.

China Drought Prompts U.N. to Issue Warning - NYTimes.com: "HONG KONG — The United Nations’ food agency issued an alert on Tuesday warning that a severe drought was threatening the wheat crop in China, the world’s largest wheat producer, and resulting in shortages of drinking water for people and livestock."

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