Permalink: https://media.greenpeace.org/archive/Cherry-Farmer-in-India-27MZIFLQ3GKX.htmlConceptually similarApple and Cherry Farmer in IndiaGP01VI4Completed★★★★Apple Farmer in IndiaGP01VI0Completed★★★★Cherry Farmer in IndiaGP01VHZCompleted★★★★Apple Orchard in IndiaGP01VHRCompleted★★★★Apple Tree in IndiaGP01XY7Completed★★★★Protection Nets on Apple Trees in IndiaGP01VHVCompleted★★★★Apple Farmer in IndiaGP01VI1Completed★★★★Apple Farmer in IndiaGP01VHPCompleted★★★★Apple Farmer in IndiaGP01XY5Completed★★★★View AllGP01VI2Cherry Farmer in IndiaPortrait of Meena by her cherry tree: "We don't want to leave this place and go to the city. For now cherries have come to our rescue. But I don't know how long this will continue. A decade back I thought that apples would never fail to help us and they did, so I cannot say how long the cherries will help us!". The shift from apples to cherries farming was due to global warming, which has decimated the apple production.Locations:Asia-Himachal Pradesh-IndiaDate:23 May, 2009Credit:© Greenpeace / Peter CatonMaximum size:4872px X 6496pxKeywords:Agriculture-Cherries-Cherry (Tree)-Climate (campaign title)-Climate change impacts-Day-Farmers-KWCI (GPI)-One person-Outdoors-Rural scenes-Traditional clothing-WomenShoot:Climate Voices from Farmers in IndiaAmong many others in India and elsewhere, apple farmers are being heavily affected by climate change impacts. Due to global warming, erratic weather patterns have decimated the apple production affecting the local economy. New hail phenomena is destroying the harvests and the farmers are increasingly having to use protection nets over their trees.
