Increasingly desperate appeals from aid agencies and the government have encouraged donors to come forward with funds in the past few weeks, but only after large numbers of children began dying of diseases brought on by hunger.

　　"The funding needs are sky-rocketing because it's a matter of saving lives," said Gian Carlo Cirri, the U.N. World Food Program's (WFP) representative in Niger's capital Niamey.

　　Drought表示“旱灾；干旱季节，长期缺乏或不足”，相关的词组有：drought-enduring（耐旱的）；drought-resistant（抗旱的）；combat drought（抗旱）；partial drought（小旱）等。

　　据悉，尼日尔近年遭受严重干旱和蝗虫灾害侵袭，农业生产遭到毁灭性打击，全国大部分地区陷入粮荒，共有250万人口处在经常性饥饿中，其中80万儿童严重营养不良。

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