The global climate change is an obvious factor to our weather. It is causing the summers to be much hotter than ever before. The heat causes droughts for many farmers resulting in less crops which means less money for them. They have had to change crops due to the fact that the crops they had been producing could no longer grow as the climate had become so warm.
Farmers in recent years have had to use more pesticides, which not only costs more but pollutes more. Their reason for having to use more pesticides is because the insects stay in the area longer. The longer and warmer the season, the more time the insects have to breed, grow and feed on the crops. With the diminishing crops farmers are losing money, which is a negative effect for everyone. As it causes prices to rise on vegetables and other crops.
Rice is a crop which has been hit hard. It needs a lot of rain to grow but because they have been lacking rain the crops have been drying up. Many of the countries growing rice have had to switch their crops to bananas and other plants that do not need as much water. Having to switch crops hit everyone hard.
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http://www.guardian.co.uk/environment/2003/aug /27/climatechange.climatechangeenvironment
http://articles.latimes.com/2009/jul/22/local/me-climate-farms22
That's really interesting. I hope we'll be able to find different crops that can with stand the heat.
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