1.   Officials from state and federal agencies will meet at her Angleton office Tuesday to discuss drought problems and assess existing and future agricultural losses, Campbell said.

2.   The war has worsened food shortages, particularly in Ethiopia, which faces a far more serious drought problem.

3.   Drought problems are compounded by pollution and leakage.

4.   Hossain said that governments and farmers have been trying to solve the drought problem by developing irrigation.

5.   The LAD has already prepared equipment needed in easing drought problems, especially a large number of water trucks, he said.

6.   Their demands include greater price support for cotton and other crops, and various other issues including higher pensions and more works to deal with a growing drought problem.

7.   Reports from NGOs on the ground and Kenyan administrative officials indicated that severe drought problems had also extended into eastern Mandera, northern Garissa and northern Tana River districts.