India and Pakistan heatwave is a sign of worse to come
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Is Monoculture Making Farmers More Vulnerable to Heat?
heat stress is going to reduce the productivity of the crop. On top of it, there's going to be water stress, because te the rains are expected to be erratic. And thirdly, we are facing power shortages. So if the farmers are goinga experience a further high farm ports? Why? Because they would need to yono irigate their fields. It's basically like putting all the eggs in one basket, exactly.
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