A worker loads a sack of wheat product onto a truck in a mill at Khanna, in India’s Punjab state, on May 18. Photo: AFP
Opinion
Opinion
Mark Smith
As heatwave in India, Pakistan exacerbates global food crisis, countries must hasten move to climate-smart agriculture
The effects of the war in Ukraine on global food supplies have been compounded by crop losses in India and Pakistan
Countries must help farmers adapt to climate change with, for example, drought monitoring systems and climate-smart staple crops, while also adopting low-emissions agricultural technology