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Phone app to forecast risk of crop failure in Brazil
2016-02-24 11:30:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
Reuters: Despite years of experience, Charlei Sousa finds himself struggling to grow maize. A lack of rain took half his last crop, and he says uneven rainfall has for years become a worsening problem in his fields in Montes Claros. "We don't know anymore how and when to grow," said Sousa, a family farmer who plants about 30 hectares (74 acres) of maize in the north of Minas Gerais state, which lies within a semi-arid region of Brazil. Changes in weather patterns linked to climate change are challenging...
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