Indian women farmers work in their farm on the outskirts of New Delhi on the eve of International Women's Day last March. "Anything that will affect occupational stability is going to affect farmers' mental health," Patel said. India's farmers are already hit regularly by strong storms, extreme drought, heat waves and other extreme weather events. In other words, warmer temperatures were a factor accounting for a 6.8 percent increase in suicides, the study says. His foundation works to find farming solutions not only to rising heat, but also to drought or salinity from coastal sea rise.

Source: Bangkok Post July 31, 2017 20:48 UTC