Kozhikode
The downpour that floods an entire landscape and searing heat that drains water in every form. Such weather variations in Kerala are impacting its food platter too, with the yield from crops falling up to 33% in the past few decades.
This was revealed in a study done by the Kozhikode-based Centre for Water Resource Development and Management between 2014 and 2019. It covered Kozhikode district of Kerala and Tikamgarh district of Madhya Pradesh and Gujarat. Twenty farms covering all the agro-ecological units in Kozhikode were chosen for the purpose.