A generation ago, this land would have grown all manner of crops from rice and sesame seeds to sugar cane and banana plants. But climate change is driving a rapid transformation. With crops routinely withering and dying, farmers must now look elsewhere for a living. It is just one symptom of India’s shifting agricultural landscape, as many farmers are wading through impossible choices forced on them by a changing climate.
An hour away by car from the busy Indian port city of Visakhapatnam, the countryside is changing rapidly. Vast stretches of what once were paddy fields are now home to gleaming, modern housing developments.
An hour away by car from the busy Indian port city of Visakhapatnam, the countryside is changing rapidly. Vast stretches of what once were paddy fields are now home to gleaming, modern housing developments.
A generation ago, this land would have grown all manner of crops from rice and sesame seeds to sugar cane and banana plants. But climate change is driving a rapid transformation. With crops routinely withering and dying, farmers must now look elsewhere for a living.
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