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Nepal: Surge in temperature turns sweet-orange business sour

A woman in her orchard

Sindhuli (Nepal): The once-thriving sweet orange industry in Nepal's Sindhuli district is facing an unprecedented crisis due to rising temperatures and the spread of citrus greening disease.

Struggling to make ends meet
The disease, which has already affected over 80 per cent of the district's sweet orange trees, has left farmers like Bal Kumari Thapa struggling to make ends meet.

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