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World Service,04 Mar 2024,17 mins

How are farmers adapting to climate change?

Business Daily

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Up to 10% of areas for major crops and livestock could be rendered unsuitable by climate change by 2050, so what can farmers do to adapt to rising temperatures and extreme weather events? Stefania Gozzer meets a farmer in Spain to see how severe droughts ruined his cereal harvest, and she pays a visit to his neighbour, who has managed to grow tomatoes without watering his fields. Global warming poses huge challenges for agriculture around the world - and various ways of managing its effects are now being practised by farmers. Among them is planting trees next to crops. We hear how this technique changed the life of a Kenyan farmer. (Picture: Farmer in rubber boots walking on dry soil ground. Credit: Getty Images) Presented and produced by Stefania Gozzer

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