Drought dents Sri Lanka’s economic hopes, farmers’ livelihood
H.J.M Seneviratne cuts yellow paddy stems that dried following drought, at his paddy field in Anamaduwa, Sri Lanka. | Photo Credit: Reuters H.J.M Seneviratne (63) slices through yellowed paddy stems dried out by a drought that has destroyed more than 95% of his crop and is threatening crisis-hit Sri Lanka’s summer rice harvest. The island’s … Read more