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As the world continues to heat up, farmers are facing more and more challenges. Ranging from too much rain to too little. From too high temperatures in the summer months, to not cold enough in the winter.

Outside Source spoke to three farmers, in India, the US and South Sudan.

Madhuri is a farmer in Tamil Nadu in south India. She words in a paddy field, but also at a banana plantation and with organic dairy. Her region has been struggling with extended monsoon seasons.

Emmanuel is a maize and ground nut farmer in South Sudan, which is one of the countries suffering the most from climate change. The UN has warned of extreme famine in South Sudan due to extreme weather.

Steven is a 'grape to raisin' farmer in the US state of California and focuses on farming practices that try and reverse climate change. California has had wildfires and drought over the past few years.

"We're certainly in an epic drought... access to water has been cut by more than 80% and in some instances, like last year in 2021, I received zero water on many properties."

(Photo: Emmanuel Samuel David from South Sudan, holding freshly harvested ground nuts. Credit: Emmanuel Samuel David)

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