Tag: climate impact agriculture
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Heatwaves and weak monsoon signals raise concerns for India’s rice outlook
Rising heatwave intensity across India is emerging as a major threat to rice yields, especially in the Indo-Gangetic belt A below-normal southwest monsoon forecast adds further downside risk to production and supply stability Recent global assessments by Food and Agriculture Organization (FAO) and World Meteorological Organization (WMO) highlight that heatwaves are becoming a major threat…