Compare and Contrast Between Droughts and Desertification.
Answer. Drought and desertification are closely related phenomena. Persevering over the years, drought can transform large areas and have severe environmental, social and economic consequences. While drought is a natural phenomenon whose outcomes can be intensified by human activities that are not accustomed to the local climate, land degradation is the process of changing fertile land into less or non-productive land. In acute cases in drylands, this is termed desertification. Land degradation and desertification are complicated aspects induced by un-adapted human activity combined with land and climatic coercion. Inappropriate use of lands such as monocultures, deforestation, unsuitable agricultural practices and overexploitation of water sources can generate land degradation that can be further exacerbated by drought.