| the sahel: drought, desertification and famine. | between the end of sahel's 1968-73 drought and the early 1980s, the production of the drought-resistant sorghum and millet was increasing at about 1% a year, but simultaneously the population was growing by about 2.5% a year. a 1982 un study of the developing world's carrying capacity found that given the current low levels of agricultural technology used, about half the sahelian countries could not be expected to feed themselves. the sahel's demographic picture is complicated by the way diffe ... | 1985 | 12313941 |