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‘It felt like wringing a dry sponge’: India’s dairy farmers face searing heat

Milk and cheese output from world’s largest producer faces catastrophic decline unless more heat stress resistant cattle are bredKailas Ramasamy gently guides his cows into a hangar-sized shed, tethers them to their posts, lays out their fodder and cl…

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Best served chilled: green tech keeps the cool on India’s dairy farms – photo essay

Photographer Prashanth Vishwanathan captured a network of community dairies providing a lifeline to off-grid farmers in Maharashtra, helping to keep milk fresh as temperatures rise. All pictures are from Climate VisualsAs global temperatures climb, a l…

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