Against the odds: A farmer weeds his wilting cotton crop at Mudnal Tanda in Yadgir district as prolonged dry weather leaves young plants struggling for survival.
| Photo Credit: RAVIKUMAR NARABOLI
The delayed and inadequate southwest monsoon has left thousands of farmers across Kalyana Karnataka staring at an uncertain kharif season. Kalaburagi, India’s pulses bowl, is likely to see a sharp decline in production if the monsoon fails to revive over the next fortnight.
A farmer prepares his field with a pair of bullocks at Dabarabad village, Kalaburagi district, in anticipation of rains to begin sowing after a prolonged dry spell, on Saturday.
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