Sunday, May 6, 2007
Impacts in India: "Sweat It Out"
Deccan Sunday Herald: “Global warming is still an alien word for Subbanna from Doddaballapur or Hombalamma from Kanakapura or Biradar from Bijapur. Ironically, these are the people who will be most affected by the fallout of climate change. They, however, are familiar with local warming. They will tell you how rains are no more dependable. They are in touch with the pulse of the monsoons. These are farmers dependent on the rains for their livelihood. There are 80 million small and marginal farmers in the country and this is the situation of most of them. Almost two-thirds of the agriculture in the country is dependent on rainfall.
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