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Indian American Farmers Weathering Record Drought in California India West, News Report, Sunita Sohrabji, Posted: Jul 06, 2014 Above: Yuba City, Calif., farmer Karm Bains surveyed his peach orchards in early spring, after an extremely hot winter pushed out blooms too early. Indian...

Highlights: Sikh Community of East Africa joins hands with UNITED SIKHS to establish "Sri Guru Nanak Food Bank" in Nairobi UNITED SIKHS enters into agreement with Red Cross Society of Kenya to work on local relief work NAIROBI, KENYA: On January 22, 2011, UNITED SIKHS set up...

source: INDIA Indian farmers selling wives and daughters to survive drought - Asia News# Indian farmers selling wives and daughters to survive drought Nirmala Carvalho 09/14/2009 As farm production collapses, thousands of women are sold to pay off debts. The authorities say reports are...

USATODAY.com - To farmers like Ric Valicoff, the economics of drought are depressingly familiar. Four dry years in the past 13 have scorched their balance sheets and got them wondering whether there's something to the global warming hype. Growers here in apple country are scrambling to find...

USATODAY.com - The Missouri River, the nation's longest, is struggling in the dry clutches of a multiyear drought. For six years, the river's three giant reservoirs have dropped alarmingly. While the drought's effects are not irreversible, river managers say it will take years for the waterway...