South Sudan and Tanzania are drying up faster than any other country in the world, showing the largest ratio of land transitioning to drylands and a signal of future struggle for green pastures, while China has the largest total area shifting from non-drylands to drylands.
The global aridity index (AI) shows huge shifts over the recent decades and the authors of the report say that for Tanzania and South Sudan, this will redefine the way of living, as it means that the worsening conditions will force people to jostle for available lucrative soils, adjust to other ways of survival or simply bear with it.
