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)
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)
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)
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)
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)
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)