The average size of a small farm in India is less than three acres. That makes small farmers there highly susceptible to the changing weather patterns brought by climate change. Sushmita Pathak reports on a startup called Kheyti, which has developed low-cost, easy-to-install greenhouses to help small farmers get better yields in unpredictable weather. (This story originally aired on April 20, 2023.)
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