'Crazy' climate forces Colombian farmers to adapt
Monteria, Colombia (AFP) Sept 26, 2014 - Once upon a time, farming was a blissfully low-tech business on Colombia's northern plains. The lush tropical climate allowed rice farmers to harvest two or three times a year and protect their crops using little more than scarecrows and slingshots to fend off hungry birds. But recently, climate change has been sowing chaos in their fields. "The weather has gone completely crazy," sa ... more
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