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- Recent climate changes, characterised by erratic rainfall patterns, increased frequency and intensity of heatwaves, and rising temperatures — with the 2010s being the hottest decade and 2023 the hottest year on record — have made crop performance further unpredictable and turned farming into an increasingly risky venture.
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