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Boiling point

Tea crops in India are harder to grow, more exhausting to harvest and likely to rise in price, thanks to climate change Photography by Sahiba Chawdhary Reporting by Tora Agarwala and Rajendra Jadhav Reuters Published 15 minutes ago

Under blazing skies at a tea plantation in India’s northeastern state of Assam, picker Kamini Kurmi wears an umbrella fastened over her head to keep her hands free to pluck delicate leaves from the bushes.

“When it’s really hot, my head spins and my heart starts beating very fast,” said Ms. Kurmi, one of the scores of women employed for their dextrous fingers, instead of machines that harvest most conventional crops within a matter of days.

Weather extremes are shrivelling harvests on India’s tea plantations, endangering the f

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