"Too hot, too dry, too wet; as extreme weather threatens food security, the race is on to get new seed varieties in the ground"

"RAMBA - When all else fails, Satveer Singh knows his family will manage if they have a sack of wheat flour in the kitchen to make rotis. Served hot and stuffed with sliced raw onion, the simple meal of Indian flatbreads keeps hunger at bay.

For now, the family can just about cover their needs - thanks in part to the ration they receive from a government programme that distributes food to 800 million people across India.

"It is not enough, but ... on a bad day when money is tight, this wheat helps," Singh said, gesturing towards the sack of grains lying in a corner of his ramshackle house in a slum area known as Gheja village outside the capital, New Delhi."

Bhasker Tripathi reports for Thomson Reuters Foundation June 23, 2024. [2]

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