Seasonal patterns that farmers trusted for generations have suddenly turned unpredictable
• Satgonda Patil sits in his field in western India, where erratic seasons have made it harder for him to predict what will come next.
• (Image credit: Sanket Jain)
That started to change about five years ago. Rains arrived late, then early. Summers stretched on longer, and pests appeared at unfamiliar times. Financial losses soon followed.
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