Livelihood of cardamom farmers of Kerala at risk due to climate change

Shuchita Jha

As rising temperatures impact cardamom cultivation in Kerala, over 20,000 farmers face an uncertain future, threatening both livelihoods and exports.

The beloved spice that Indians use in various curries as well as desert is also a lucrative crop for farmers of the region but as extreme heat and erratic rainfall destroys crops, these farmers suffer great losses.

Shuchita Jha

Shuchita is a journalist with over 10 years of experience. Her work, in multimedia format, focuses on the interconnectedness of the environment, climate change, energy transition, and human rights. She is an accredited Solutions Journalism trainer.

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Shuchita Jha

Shuchita is a journalist with over 10 years of experience. Her work, in multimedia format, focuses on the interconnectedness of the environment, climate change, energy transition, and human rights. She is an accredited Solutions Journalism trainer.

Manon Verchot

Manon is a multimedia journalist and co-founder of InOldNews, the organization that runs Neighbird. She formerly headed video at Mongabay, Hindustan Times and Mint.

Sanshey Biswas

Starting his career as a print journalist in '14 at a weekly newspaper in India, he quickly gravitated to working on the digital side. He is a self-taught multimedia journalist who loves to learn from and with his colleagues spread across the globes.