Going against the grain: How farmers in Asia, Australia are beating the heat with new crop varieties
NEW DELHI – Crops have always been at the mercy of the weather. But climate change is making farming even more of a lottery, with increasingly extreme weather damaging crops, cutting yields and slashing farmers’ incomes. And increasingly hot and dry weather is especially harmful, affecting the ability of crops such as wheat to grow.
NEW DELHI – Crops have always been at the mercy of the weather. But climate change is making farming even more of a lottery, with increasingly extreme weather damaging crops, cutting yields and slashing farmers’ incomes. And increasingly hot and dry weather is especially harmful, affecting the ability of crops such as wheat to grow.
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