![Rafiq Maqbool Damaged cotton plants are visible due to drought in Beed district, India, Saturday, May 4, 2024. Experts suggest growing crops that need less water. (AP Photo/Rafiq Maqbool)](https://mapi.associatedpress.com/v2/items/ed14bc42111e4f12af4f4dc095b62b30/preview/preview.jpg?s=680x)
Damaged cotton plants are visible due to drought in Beed district, India, Saturday, May 4, 2024. Experts suggest growing crops that need less water. (AP Photo/Rafiq Maqbool)
![Anupam Nath FILE - A farmer carries a sack of paddy on his bicycle during monsoon rains as clouds hover over the sky on the outskirts of Guwahati, India, June 20, 2024. Human-caused climate change is making rainfall more unpredictable and erratic, which makes it difficult for farmers to plant, grow and harvest crops on their rain-fed fields. (AP Photo/Anupam Nath, File)](https://mapi.associatedpress.com/v2/items/1e0dc2b891bd4e15bf999468295d01d2/preview/preview.jpg?s=680x)
FILE - A farmer carries a sack of paddy on his bicycle during monsoon rains as clouds hover over the sky on the outskirts of Guwahati, India, June 20, 2024. Human-caused climate change is making rainfall more unpredictable and erratic, which makes it difficult for farmers to plant, grow and harvest crops on their rain-fed fields. (AP Photo/Anupam Nath, File)
![Anupam Nath FILE - A farmer walks as he works in a paddy field on the outskirts of Gauhati, India, July 30, 2021. Human-caused climate change is making rainfall more unpredictable and erratic, which makes it difficult for farmers to plant, grow and harvest crops on their rain-fed fields. (AP Photo/Anupam Nath, File)](https://mapi.associatedpress.com/v2/items/a6be194d02b04835bfaba9194e5082cc/preview/preview.jpg?s=680x)
FILE - A farmer walks as he works in a paddy field on the outskirts of Gauhati, India, July 30, 2021. Human-caused climate change is making rainfall more unpredictable and erratic, which makes it difficult for farmers to plant, grow and harvest crops on their rain-fed fields. (AP Photo/Anupam Nath, File)
![Ashwini Bhatia FILE - An Indian farmer wearing a raincoat walks past a paddy field during monsoon rains in Dharmsala, India, July 19, 2021. Human-caused climate change is making rainfall more unpredictable and erratic, which makes it difficult for farmers to plant, grow and harvest crops on their rain-fed fields. (AP Photo/Ashwini Bhatia, File)](https://mapi.associatedpress.com/v2/items/ff0362e7c7b74e8186b79f0e9be2749c/preview/preview.jpg?s=680x)
FILE - An Indian farmer wearing a raincoat walks past a paddy field during monsoon rains in Dharmsala, India, July 19, 2021. Human-caused climate change is making rainfall more unpredictable and erratic, which makes it difficult for farmers to plant, grow and harvest crops on their rain-fed fields. (AP Photo/Ashwini Bhatia, File)
![Rajesh Kumar Singh Indian agricultural workers plant paddy saplings at a field after monsoon rains on the outskirts of Lucknow, India, June 30, 2021. Human-caused climate change is making rainfall more unpredictable and erratic, which makes it difficult for farmers to plant, grow and harvest crops on their rain-fed fields. (AP Photo/Rajesh Kumar Singh)](https://mapi.associatedpress.com/v2/items/e429cab2e84f4533b4ae88d6c149ad18/preview/preview.jpg?s=680x)
Indian agricultural workers plant paddy saplings at a field after monsoon rains on the outskirts of Lucknow, India, June 30, 2021. Human-caused climate change is making rainfall more unpredictable and erratic, which makes it difficult for farmers to plant, grow and harvest crops on their rain-fed fields. (AP Photo/Rajesh Kumar Singh)
![Rafiq Maqbool Lahuane Rao, an elected head of a village, gazes into the dry well near damaged sugarcane fields due to drought in Beed district, India, Saturday, May 4, 2024. Experts suggest growing crops that need less water. (AP Photo/Rafiq Maqbool)](https://mapi.associatedpress.com/v2/items/deba44c8774045ada7db0a233a8ee3f2/preview/preview.jpg?s=680x)
Lahuane Rao, an elected head of a village, gazes into the dry well near damaged sugarcane fields due to drought in Beed district, India, Saturday, May 4, 2024. Experts suggest growing crops that need less water. (AP Photo/Rafiq Maqbool)