When I was in high school 50 years ago, we heard nothing but stories of the massive drought and famine in Africa. Nothing has changed.
The difference is that there are technological solutions that didn’t exist back then. Like desalination plants, for example.
Famine had all but been eradicated from earth thanks to US agritech. It’s one of the greatest accomplishments of modern man.
Crop yields are up between 800-1200% in 30yrs.
From drought resistant crops to simplistic devices employed to capture morning dew it is an incredible never heralded accomplishment.
It takes extreme conditions to flare up at this point.