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International Business Times UK
International Business Times UK
Business
Danielle Summer

Female Farmers And Organic Foods Are Being Hit The Hardest By Climate Change

A farmer plants rice in fields outside Hanoi at night as they try to beat a looming heatwave, a practice that is becoming more common across north and central Vietnam. (Credit: Nhac NGUYEN/AFP News)

Female farmers remain largely unrecognised as leading women in the agriculture sector, predominantly in countries where they make up the bulk of the workforce.

With the current rate of global warming, which measured at 1.18 degrees Celsius over the average temperature predicted for the 20th century, the farming industry has been pushed to new limits.

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